| ATTORNEY | Lawyer in a race, or money returned (8) |
| ATTHEBAR | Where you'll find the lawyers in a race to rubbish Rehab (2,3,3) |
| ADVOCATE | Lawyer in a very old cape in court? (8) |
| RUNNERUP | A contestant finishing a race or competition in second place (6-2) |
| MARK | A boundary indicator; a symbol such as an X in place of a signature; the start line in a race; or, a target (4) |
| SECOND | A sexagesimal division of a minute; the "silver" place in a race; or, from "follow", a word for an assistant, such as that of a boxer, duellist or sixer (6) |
| KICKBACK | Money returned illegally (8) |
| CASHBACK | Money returned, 100 as his bank starts a check first and last (4,4) |
| LENGTH | Span of a horse from nose to tail as a measure of the lead in a race; or, the distance of a swimming pool from one end to the other (6) |
| HEAT | Spicy quality of a chilli; preliminary eliminating round in a race; or, a form of thermal or kinetic energy (4) |
| ALSORAN | A loser by a wide margin in a race or other contest (4,3) |
| NIPANDTUCK | Close or almost even in a race or competition (3,3,4) |
| FRONTRUNNER | The leader or favoured contestant in a race or election (11) |
| DARKHORSE | A competitor in a race or contest about whom little is known (4,5) |
| UNPLACED | Not one of the first three in a race or competition. |
| ENTRANT | One taking part in a race or competition |
| HEATS | Preliminary rounds in a race or contest (5) |
| HEADSTART | Advantage in a race, or what each starred answer has? |
| NECKANDNECK | Very close in a race or contest (4,3,4) |
| RAN | Participated in a race or an election |
