| PELOTON | Group of cyclists exercise: large number working (7) |
| BILLION | Large number working to support William I? (7) |
| MILLION | Huge number working beyond factory unit |
| TRILLION | Huge number working to support Turkey, Italy turn up sick |
| BUNCHES | Word for bobs of cherries, clusters of grapes, groups of boys, handfuls of flowers, hands of bananas, pelotons of cyclists, pigtails of hair, rings of keys or other agglomerations of things (7) |
| ECHELON | From the French meaning "ladder", a step-like formation of aircraft, ships, troops or vehicles or of cyclists drafting in crosswinds (7) |
| TENSION | A number working across one's back for stiffness (7) |
| CONTEND | Vie with leader of cyclists on incline |
| BICKERS | Rows of cyclists getting cold |
| STRIDER | One stepping out in street, in front of cyclist (7) |
| NOONDAY | Twelve in number working diamonds, certainly |
| NONSLIP | Indefinite number working, knocking back beer and offering resistance (3-4) |
| BREAKAWAY | A secession/escape; a stampede; an attacking sprint to the goal in sport; or, a group of cyclists ahead of, or accelerating away from, a peloton (9) |
| CHASE | Word for a game preserve, a hunt or the quarry pursued; a horse race with obstacles; or, a group of cyclists in a peloton trying to catch those in the breakaway (5) |
| NOONE | Number working to get source of ectoplasm - content of empty room? |
| TENON | Projection of a number working with a joint (5) |
| NOON | Only a small number working in the middle of the day (4) |
| HEAD | Be editor of Independent, admitting wife is no friend of cyclists (4,4) |
| TIED | Be editor of Independent, admitting wife is no friend of cyclists (4,4) |
| NOONTIDE | Small number working with the current in the middle of the day (8) |
