| VELODROME | Cycle-racing arena |
| HIPPODROME | Chariot-racing arena of ancient Greece |
| PURSUIT | Cycle racing as a hobby or occupation (7) |
| TRON | 1982 sci-fi film with a "light cycle" racing game |
| CRIT | Informal word for closed-circuit cycle racing over a number of laps (4) |
| BMX | British maiden unknown in cycle racing (1,1,1) |
| BUNCH | Flowers, grapes, bananas or keys collectively; or, in road cycle racing, another word for a peloton (5) |
| MAILLOT | French word for a jersey worn for road cycle racing; another word for a one-piece swimsuit; or, tights worn for ballet or gymnastics (7) |
| KEIRIN | Motor-paced cycle racing from Japan with Olympic gold medallists including Chris Hoy and Victoria Pendleton (6) |
| COMMISSAIRE | Referee in professional cycle racing, often observing races from an open-topped vehicle (11) |
| LIEGE | ____-Bastogne-____ is the oldest cycle racing “Monument” |
| ERIC | Mr Mcpherson, the first Australian to compete in the TT after the Second World War, after helping to form the Motor Cycle Racing Club of New South Wales during it. (4) |
| EVOLUTION | Leadership missing from cycle development (9) |
| LYSOGENIC | Viral reproduction cycle (9) |
| TRIATHLON | Swim, cycle, run race (9) |
| MOTHERING | Taking care of second cycle (9) |
| MOTORBIKE | Cycle with an engine (9) |
| TETHERING | Restraining tenor, English, on opera cycle (9) |
| GATHERING | Crowd in Georgia presented with Wagnerian cycle? (9) |
| LEUCOCYTE | Cycle out everywhere with English cell (9) |
