Crossword Clue:

the operation of an aircraft

Answer	Crossword Clue
ASTERN	At the rear of an aircraft
NAV	Science of directing the course of an aircraft: Abbr.
SLIT	Start of many an operation

SETSUPSHOP	Starts an operation
ADD	Perform an operation
SEWUP	Complete an operation
SABOTAGED	Undermined an operation
SURGERYPREPAY	Deposit on an operation?
PREPS	Readies for an operation
RESECT	Excise via an operation
STENT	Insertion in an operation

SCRUB	Prepare for an operation
ADD	Perform an arithmetic operation
CAESAREAN	Operation by an obstetrician
PRESURGICAL	Done before an operation
PREP	Ready for an operation
SCAR	Line from an operation
UNDERGO	Have, as an operation
ADD	Perform an certain operation

PREP	Get ready for an operation
DDAY	When to begin an operation
SCRUBNURSE	One involved with an operation
ASSIST	Help, as in an operation
ONEMAN	Very small, as an operation
STINGDUCKS	Easy marks for an FBI operation?
PREP	Get ready, as for an operation
HHOUR	Time set for launching an operation

POLICESTING	Operation that often precedes an entrapment claim
LOGISTIC	Like details for carrying out an operation
PANERA	Chain with an Operation Dough-Nation charity program