| FRESHWIND | Air which can invigorate the long-distance runner (5,4) |
| LONELINESS | The ___ of the Long Distance Runner, 1959 short story by Alan Sillitoe, adapted for a 1962 film of the same name starring Tom Courtenay |
| SILLITOE | Alan -; author of the novel Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and short story The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (8) |
| ALANSILLITOE | Author of The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner |
| ALAN | Novelist whose works include The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (4,8) |
| LEAFMOULD | Cast taking something out of the book from the start is bound to invigorate The Field (4,5) |
| HARRIER | One who pesters the long-distance runner (7) |
| ETHIOPIAN | Nationality of the long-distance runner Haile Gebrselassie (9) |
| ELIXIR | A substance that can invigorate and rile up touring team |
| EDDY | A movement in water or in the air which goes round and round instead of flowing (4) |
| WHIRLWIND | A column of air which spins round very fast and moves along the land or ocean surface (9) |
| ATT | Telus competitor in the long distance mkt. |
| MARATHON | Hat on, arm bent and off goes the long-distance race! (8) |
| ENDURO | Back of Bourke bash, round the long-distance motor race (6) |
| TUTTI | Primarily the ultimate tune to invigorate, performed by the whole orchestra |
| ENLIVEN | Invigorate and put the heart back in metropolitan evil neighbourhood (7) |
| TONICS | Potions to strengthen and invigorate (6) |
| REFRESH | Invigorate upstanding woman keeping one in thrall (7) |
| MASSAGE | What'll relax and invigorate? Say, tea when served up |
| RE | Prefix for view or invigorate |
