| AINU | Person of one of the races of Japan |
| SLAV | One of the races which settled most of eastern Europe |
| NOME | Any one of the race of tiny people in Terry Pratchett's Bromeliad Trilogy; an Alaskan gold-mining city; or, each of the 42 territorial divisions in ancient Egypt (4) |
| TWIN | Person of one's own age, relatively (4) |
| ENTS | Treebeard is a member of the race of beings known as the ___ |
| BUSHMEN | A member of the race of nomadic hunters and gatherers who live in southern Africa (7) |
| NICO | Who is the only Formula 1 driver of Haas-ferrari team to have driven all 24 races of the 2024 season and finished 11th in the overall Drivers Championship? (4) |
| JUBILEE | One of the best TT races of all-time was in 1967 for the Diamond ___. (7) |
| ELVES | In The Lord of the Rings, the race of Arwen, Legolas, and Galadriel (5) |
| TRACKEVENTS | Follow betting odds about start of the races |
| PEET | Fitting place for a gathering of the races (4) |
| ERA | Time for some of the races (3) |
| EUGENIC | It is about better management of the races (7) |
| SECRETARIAT | American racehorse who in 1973 set the fastest and still-unbeaten time record in all three races of the Triple Crown |
| HGWELLS | Writer who created the fictional races of the Eloi and Morlocks (1,1,5) |
| MARATHONS | Inspired by legends of Pheidippides, foot-races of 26.219 miles (9) |
| REGATTA | An organised series of races of yachts (7) |
| HEAT | The race of the moment? (4) |
| FATTEST | The plumpest Fates could upset the race of man, say (7) |
| YACHT | Vessel featured in Netflix's "Untold: The Race of the Century" |
