| SAHARADESERT | Where the annual Marathon des Sables is held (6,6) |
| NAIROBI | City where Kenya stage their annual marathon festival |
| SAHARA | Where the Marathon des Sables ("Marathon of the Sands") is run |
| INDIANAPOLIS | US state capital, where the annual 500 motor race is held |
| FIENNES | Old Etonian adventurer who, in 2015 aged 71, became the oldest Briton to complete the Marathon des Sables (7) |
| TENTS | Temporary shelters used for camping, fishing or the Marathon des Sables (5) |
| SAND | Granular material one would tread during a Marathon des Sables event (4) |
| RUNNERS | Athletes participating in 5k, 10k or Marathon Des Sables, for example; or, an informal word for antiques dealers (7) |
| MRRUBIN | As per Hotel Lac des Sables... Summer resort owner in the Laurentian hills in Que.: 2 wds. |
| BYRON | Eastern Australian coastal town where the annual Splendour In The Grass music festival is held, ... |
| OULU | Finnish city where the annual Air Guitar World Championship is held (4) |
| SNAPE | Suffolk village where the annual Aldeburgh Festival is held (5) |
| GERMANY | Country known as the land of poets and thinkers, where the annual Oktoberfest is observed (7) |
| MUNICH | Noted for its beer-brewing heritage, the capital of Bavaria where the annual Oktoberfest is hosted (6) |
| MERTON | London borough, home to the All England Lawn Tennis Club where the annual Wimbledon Championships take place (6) |
| ETON | Public school where the annual Fourth of July Celebrations take place (4) |
| LONGCHAMP | Racecourse in Paris where the annual Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe takes place (9) |
| BALES | In which sable is shipped |
| BEASTLINESS | Sable is sent wild by brutality (11) |
| BLASE | So dulled to pleasures, even a sable is thrown out |
