| DEADHEAT | Run a race exactly level (4-4) |
| WARMUP | Prepare to run a race heat (4,2) |
| SPRINTER | What do we call a person who runs a race at full speed, especially for a short distance (8) |
| AGAINSTTHECLOCK | Set coach talking stupidly: "how to run a race on your own" (7,3,5) |
| HURDLED | Ran a race over fences (7) |
| BEVEL | Being on the slant, it isn't exactly level (5) |
| FLUSH | Exactly level with an adjoining surface (5) |
| HORIZONTAL | Exactly level (10) |
| FENNEL | Marshy ground, not exactly level at first, for plant |
| SPLINTER | Track athlete, having left for a run, a little bit shattered? |
| GRASPING | Mercenary run, a run to intercept goods (8) |
| SAYONARA | Perhaps cricket side needs a run - a bye? (8) |
| HIERATIC | Move quickly and run a movement involving priests |
| RUBALONG | Run a blog badly, or manage somehow? (3,5) |
| KENTUCKY | Place to run a 10-K (yuck!) |
| SANQUHAR | Queen's Head has run a jumble in Dumfriesshire village (8) |
| ARTUNION | Model in to run a lottery in Perth, perhaps |
| LABURNUM | Run a long-player - it's poisonous (8) |
| KANGAROO | Crook may run a goat around mock tribunal (8,5) |
| MARATHON | Run a sheep over, though near losing attention |
