| KRIS | 2017 Rally Mexico and Rally Catalunya winner (4,5) |
| MEEKE | 2017 Rally Mexico and Rally Catalunya winner (4,5) |
| LACHRYMAL | March and rally heading off wrongly, prompting tears |
| DAIRYMAID | A lot many return and rally round farm worker (5,4) |
| BARCELONA | Home city of the Circuit de Catalunya. (9) |
| NEUVILLE | Thierry ?, Belgian winner of the 2017 Rally Poland, eighth round of the World Rally Championship (8) |
| EVANS | 2012 WRC Academy Drivers' championship winner; 2023 Rally Japan and Rally Croatia victor (5,5) |
| ELFYN | 2012 WRC Academy Drivers' championship winner; 2023 Rally Japan and Rally Croatia victor (5,5) |
| GATHER | Gate-crasher misses races and rally (6) |
| MOSER | Francesco ..... , Italian cyclist; 1978 Volta a Catalunya and 1984 Giro d'Italia winner (5) |
| ARNAUS | Spaniard who won 2022 Catalunya Championship (6) |
| RIOGRANDE | River between Mexico and the US |
| ENCHILADA | Food from Mexico and China lead to ruin (9) |
| MOUSTACHE | Borders of Mexico and United States tense -- long legacy of Zapata? (9) |
| GUATEMALA | Which country borders Mexico and Honduras? (9) |
| PINTOBEAN | Popular filling for burritos in Mexico and the USA (5,4) |
| SPAIN | Country which hosts the Formula 1 race at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya |
| CHEST | We saw a little too much of this part of Fabio Quartararo during the Catalunya MotoGP. (5) |
| ESPERANZA | Spanish word for "hope" used as a name for cities in Argentina, Mexico and Peru |
| DAHLIA | Any of several plants having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously coloured flower heads; native to the mountains of Mexico and Central America and Colombia (6) |