| CANADIANS | Race is able, said an alternative (9) |
| CAFETERIA | Place to eat if race is abandoned (9) |
| CAREFULLY | With caution being exercised, race is off completely (9) |
| OSTRACISE | Circle street before race is conducted and force to leave |
| INTROVERT | Dog entered in races is withdrawn (9) |
| RUSINURBE | Eg Central Park race is about to block country bumpkin there (3,2,4) |
| KNIFE | Some said "an eye for an eye" after 19 (5) |
| CAMUS | French author who said "An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself" |
| PLATO | Children manipulate this, said an American philosopher (5) |
| INSIDER | Hot drink, said an expert (7) |
| IGUANA | Returning US soldier and you said an open aperture has a big lizard (6) |
| IDITAROD | The ___ Trail Sled Dog Race is an annual team race across Alaska |
| INFRA | Alongside India is France, race is half complete (5) |
| COURSE | Race is uncivil it's said (6) |
| CHEQUEREDFLAG | Order warning sign that shows race is over (9,4) |
| SACRILEGE | Sports cars for one part of race is extreme in the extreme and offensive to 14 across, for instance (9) |
| COMMENTARY | Is it given when a relay race is in progress? (7,10) |
| RUNNING | Is it given when a relay race is in progress? (7,10) |
| STARTURN | To run wild at the beginning of the race, is quite an act! (4,4) |
| STEEPLECHASE | Athletics: what kind of race is 3,000 metres long? (12) |
