| 100% | HARRIER | 7 | British subsonic military jet plane capable of vertical/short take-off and landing |
| 91% | HARRIER | 7 | British subsonic military jet plane capable of vertical take-off and landing |
| 85% | HARRIER | 7 | British subsonic military jet plane capable of vertical/short takeoff and landing |
| 39% | RUNWAYS | 7 | Planes take off and land on these |
| 37% | AIRPORT | 7 | Where planes take off and land |
| 37% | RUNWAY | 6 | Where planes take off and land |
| 36% | AIRPORT | 7 | Place where planes take off and land |
| 34% | AIRSTRIP | 8 | Patch of land for plane landings and take-offs |
| 33% | HELIPORT | 8 | Place to take off and land |
| 32% | HELIPAD | 7 | Place for choppers to take off and land |
| 29% | AERIE | 5 | Place of many take-offs and landings |
| 28% | IRE | 3 | Land of leprechauns and banshees, for short |
| 28% | AUS | 3 | Land of vegemite and Hugh Jackman, for short |
| 28% | ARR | 3 | Time of plane landing, for short |
| 27% | AIRDROMES | 9 | Small areas meant for planes to land and take off |
| 27% | RUNWAY | 6 | Take-off and landing strip |
| 27% | RUNWAY | 6 | Strip of land a plane travels down before take-off |
| 26% | ATL | 3 | Ocean off the coast of Maine and Delaware, for short |
| 26% | STREAK | 6 | Take off and run? |
| 26% | HALFCROWN | 9 | British coin worth two shillings and sixpence taken out of circulation in 1970 |
| 26% | LEAR | 4 | ___jet, a Canadian manufacturer of business jets for civilian and military use |
| 26% | ISLES | 5 | The British ___ (Great Britain, Ireland, and smaller lands off their coasts) |
| 25% | RUNYON | 6 | Damon —, author of short story collections More Than Somewhat and Take It Easy |
| 24% | KIT | 3 | ___ Harington and Rose Leslie, couple who took their romance on "Game of Thrones" off-screen |
| 24% | SNAKEHEAD | 9 | Predatory fish capable of crawling on land, or what each part of 16-, 24-, 37- and 53-Across can be |
| 24% | DEPART | 6 | Take off, as a plane |
| 24% | COMBUSTIBLE | 11 | Capable of igniting and burning |
| 23% | USHANT | 6 | Island off the coast of NW France; scene of various naval battles between the French and British |
| 23% | TRAFALGAR | 9 | Battle of —, 1805 naval engagement between British and Franco-Spanish fleets off the coast of SW Spain |
| 23% | BENDY | 5 | Capable of being twisted and turned |