| Word before trail or lock | 25 |
| Water in the air | 16 |
| Trail type | 10 |
| Trail behind an airplane | 24 |
| Suspended mist | 14 |
| Smoke, fog or mist | 18 |
| Smoke or mist | 13 |
| Smoke or fog | 12 |
| Skillet song about a fume? | 26 |
| Mist or steam | 13 |
| Kind of lock or trail | 21 |
| Jet's trail | 15 |
| Jet trail | 9 |
| Gaseous mist | 12 |
| Gas you can see | 15 |
| Fog, mist, or steam | 19 |
| Fog, e.g. | 9 |
| Exhaust, perhaps | 16 |
| Contrail, e.g. | 14 |
| Contrail content | 16 |
| Cloudy, diffused matter | 23 |
| Cloudy diffused matter | 22 |
| Clouds, e.g. | 12 |
| ___ lock (engine problem) | 25 |
| Emitted steam | 13 |
| Changed into gaseous form | 25 |
| Producing some clouds | 21 |
| Bragging sessions | 17 |
| Zap with a ray gun | 18 |
| Turned to gas | 13 |
| Boiled security device? | 23 |
| Depressed condition | 19 |
| Some decongestants | 18 |
| Nervous state, in days gone by | 30 |
| Gasified liquids | 16 |
| Gaseous matters | 15 |
| Streak in an aircraft's wake | 32 |
| Jet stream? | 11 |
| Jet stream | 10 |
| Vicks ointment | 14 |
| Vicks mentholated ointment | 26 |
| Application advertised but never released | 41 |
| Southwestern cowboy | 19 |
| Cowboy, Spanish style | 21 |
| Many rodeo riders | 17 |
| Alt. spelling | 13 |
| Crossword clue abbr. | 20 |
| Alternate sp., in crossword clues | 33 |
| Tabu for taboo, e.g.: Abbr. | 27 |
| Not the usual sp. | 17 |
| Irreg. | 6 |
| Different spelling: Abbr. | 25 |
| Different spelling, in crosswords: abbr. | 40 |
| Alternative spelling: Abbr. | 27 |
| Alternate sp. | 13 |
| Alt. spelling indicator, in crosswords | 38 |
| Volt-ampere unit | 16 |
| Variable, abbr. | 15 |
| Toulon's department | 23 |
| Spice of life: Abbr. | 20 |
| Slight difference: Abbr. | 24 |
| River near Nice | 15 |
| Partner of sundry: Abbr. | 24 |
| Occasional crossword clue tag: Abbr. | 36 |
| Not the usual spelling: Abbr. | 29 |
| Not standard: Abbr. | 19 |
| Not reg. | 8 |
| Not a std. listing | 18 |
| Like tzar vis-Ã -vis czar: Abbr. | 34 |
| Like eery and iglu: abbr. | 25 |
| Kin of: alt sp. | 15 |
| Kin of alt. sp. | 15 |
| Its capital is Draguignan | 25 |
| Irreg. spelling | 15 |
| Differing: Abbr. | 16 |
| Different sp. | 13 |
| Diff. spelling | 14 |
| Dictionary abbr. next to a weird spelling | 41 |
| Dict. tag on words like "iglu" | 40 |
| Dict. tag on "tzar" | 29 |
| Dict. tag on "thru" | 29 |
| Department on the Côte d'Azur | 36 |
| Department of SE France | 23 |
| Department in Provence | 22 |
| Crossword-page abbr. | 20 |
| Common abbr. in crossword clues | 31 |
| Assortment: Abbr. | 17 |
| Alternate: Abbr. | 16 |
| Alternate wd. spelling | 22 |
| Alternate spelling of a wd. | 27 |
| Alt. sp., in crosswords | 23 |
| Alt. form | 9 |
| Abbr. for emeu or iglu | 22 |
| Abbr. at the end of some crossword clues | 40 |
| Spanish unit of length | 22 |
| Spanish linear measure | 22 |
| Spanish measure | 15 |
| Spanish length unit | 19 |
| Spanish length measure | 22 |
| Portuguese measure | 18 |