| ENGINES | Their progress on the track is closely followed by their coaches (7,7) (see 2D) |
| RAILWAY | Their progress on the track is closely followed by their coaches (7,7) (see 14D) |
| THECRANBERRIES | Band whose album "No Need to Argue" features the track "Twenty One" (followed by their biggest hit, "Zombie") |
| SPOOR | The track is far from satisfactory beyond the top of the street (5) |
| CRESCENT | This narrow curved shape represents Islam on the flag of Malaysia and progress on the flag of Pakist |
| SLOW | Society's depressed: recession [the first of 12 clues defined as if followed by their location] (4) |
| LEMUEL | He went on a lot of travels... but never by train! (6, 8) (see 2D) |
| GOING | State of the track is on its way (5) |
| TRAIL | The track is right in the end (5) |
| PACECAR | "Racer" that arrives when the track is under a caution flag |
| ELEMENTARY | An essential part of the track is quite uncomplicated (10) |
| LIGHT | Flimsy beam beneath the track is one that's easily stirred (5,7) |
| SLEEPER | Flimsy beam beneath the track is one that's easily stirred (5,7) |
| LIGHTSLEEPER | Flimsy beam beneath the track is one that's easily disturbed (5,7) |
| TACKLES | In sport, physical challenges to an opponent, as to prevent their progress with the ball (7) |
| TACKLED | In sport, physically challenged an opponent, to prevent their progress with the ball (7) |
| TRACT | A treatise closely followed by speech |
| ROADBLOCK | Travelled with group, reportedly, this holds up progress on the way (9) |
| SCREENWASH | With rapid progress on the way, could it improve transparency? |
| SHAMBLED | Moved clumsily yet made easy progress on the quiet (8) |
