| Flying alone in the cockpit | 27 |
| Fly without a co-pilot | 22 |
| Flight student's goal | 25 |
| Finale in flight training | 25 |
| Featured role in a chorus | 25 |
| Feat for a novice pilot | 23 |
| Drummer's specialty | 23 |
| Drummer's big moment | 24 |
| Chorus member's thrill | 26 |
| Cause for stage fright | 22 |
| Bit that's spotlit | 22 |
| Big name in plastic cups | 24 |
| Bach violin sonata, e.g. | 24 |
| Aeronaut's achievement | 26 |
| "Star Wars" pilot | 27 |
| Stand-up routine, usually | 25 |
| Stand-up routine, typically | 27 |
| Stand-up routines, typically | 28 |
| Stand-up comics, typically | 26 |
| What David Lee Roth went for | 28 |
| Went wild on the drums, maybe | 29 |
| Performed an aria, maybe | 24 |
| Performed a cadenza, e.g. | 25 |
| Was totally self-reliant | 24 |
| Performed without help | 22 |
| Made an individual effort | 25 |
| Flew without a co-pilot | 23 |
| Eschewed the backup group | 25 |
| Male escorts working alone? | 27 |
| Singing without backup | 22 |
| Making an individual effort | 27 |
| Eschewing accompaniment | 23 |
| Star of the recital, perhaps | 28 |
| Star of the recital, often | 26 |
| Featured chorus member | 22 |
| They play by themselves | 23 |
| Featured performers, perhaps | 28 |
| Sea abutting Guadalcanal | 24 |
| CBC's Evan ____ Grundy | 26 |
| Religious film hit of 1959 | 26 |
| Biblical epic film of 1959 | 26 |
| Guadalcanal, Malaita et al. | 27 |
| -- wisdom (great sagacity) | 26 |
| ___ seal (six-pointed star) | 27 |
| ___ seal (mystic symbol) | 24 |
| Ancient Athenian statesman | 26 |
| Wise Athenian statesman | 23 |
| Statesman of old Athens | 23 |
| Lawmaker of old Athens | 22 |
| Lawgiver of old Athens | 22 |
| Ancient Athenian lawmaker | 25 |
| Wise legislator of old | 22 |
| Wise Athenian lawgiver | 22 |
| One of the Seven Wise Men | 25 |
| Great Athenian statesman | 24 |
| Early Athenian democrat | 23 |
| Athenian statesman and poet | 27 |
| Phrase for leaving home | 23 |
| "See ya, idiot!"? | 27 |
| 1950 Jean Simmons film | 22 |
| Wise men on Capitol Hill | 24 |
| Cadenzas in concertos, say | 26 |
| Thrills for choristers | 22 |
| Spotlight performances | 22 |
| Palindromic performances | 24 |
| Flight school achievements | 26 |
| They're unassisted | 22 |
| Strains for single singers | 26 |
| Stand-out performances | 22 |
| Some things for one to do | 25 |
| Singular performances? | 22 |
| Relatives of a Lindy hop? | 25 |
| Performs unaccompanied | 22 |
| Performs a cadenza, e.g. | 24 |
| Parts of many jam sessions | 26 |
| One's performances? | 23 |
| New pilots' milestones | 26 |
| Jazz session highlights | 23 |
| Goes off on one's own | 25 |
| Flights with no instructor | 26 |
| Flights sans instructors | 24 |
| Flights like Lindy's | 24 |
| Flight school milestones | 24 |
| Flies without an instructor | 27 |
| Flies on one's own | 22 |
| Dixieland jazz highlights | 25 |
| Bars without other people? | 26 |
| Space pilot Han's shirt? | 28 |
| "The valley ___" | 26 |
| Fifth notes on a music scale | 28 |
| Beethoven's fifths? | 23 |
| Some music scale notes | 22 |
| Fifths, on musical scales | 25 |
| Start of summer or winter | 25 |
| Winter begins with one | 22 |
| When pagans light bonfires | 26 |
| Twice-yearly occurrence | 23 |
| Sun's spot circa Dec. 22 | 28 |
| Summer starts with one | 22 |
| One of two events a year | 24 |