| HOMESTRAIGHT | Section of a racecourse |
| ENCLOSURE | Special section of a racecourse (9) |
| STRAIGHT | A run of five consecutive cards of any suit in poker; a description of hair without curls or waves; or, the final stretch of a racecourse (8) |
| STRETCH | A demanding task; a continuous period of time; an act of extending one's body/limbs; or, the home straight of a racecourse (7) |
| WIRE | A strand of metal, such as one traditionally stretched across and above the end of a racecourse, hence a final decisive moment (4) |
| LAP | A circuit of a racecourse |
| GOING | Condition of a racecourse |
| HOMESTRETCH | Final part of a racecourse (4,7) |
| FURLONG | Division of a racecourse (7) |
| LAPS | Circuits of a racecourse or track (4) |
| RUNIN | Home stretch of a racecourse (3-2) |
| NEWTONABBOT | Market town in Devon on the River Teign; location of a racecourse (6,5) |
| RAILS | Birds related to coots, moorhens and crakes; or, the inside barrier of a racecourse (5) |
| AINTREE | Merseyside suburb, the site of a racecourse over which the Grand National steeplechase is run (7) |
| TURF | Greensward, peat or lawn; or, the grass surface of a racecourse, hence horse-racing generally (4) |
| PADDOCK | The area of a racecourse where horses are paraded before each race (7) |
| ONTHERAILS | Positioned near the inside fence of a racecourse (2,3,5) |
| ONGOING | Working with the condition of a racecourse is continuous (7) |
| TRACK | A racecourse is a bit of a daft racket (5) |
| FLAT | Word used to describe beer/pop having lost its fizz, a tyre devoid of air, the sea without waves, a battery with no charge, a painting lacking perspective, feet having little or no arch or a racecours |
