| ETHNIC | Adjective relating to nations or races (6) |
| IBERIA | Two nations - or one without leader? (6) |
| RERUNS | Repeated performances or races |
| RELAYS | They may be switches or races |
| ENSIGN | National flag or colours flown by a ship, nation or regiment, such as a "Red Duster"; or, a standard-bearer (6) |
| SCURRY | Word, from "bustle, confusion, hurly-burly", for the frantic haste or scudding pace of a horse in a short sprint or race; or, a squirrel or mouse's speedy scampering during a chase (6) |
| HORACE | Poet's house given to nation |
| ANOINT | Synonym for "make sacred" that anagrams to "nation" |
| LEGATE | In the Roman Catholic Church, a personal representative of the Pope sent to a foreign nation or church district (6) |
| MALAWI | Adult was at first jailed in one African nation or another (6) |
| ISRAEL | Jewish nation or media giant Asper |
| WOODEN | ____ spoon, imaginary prize given to those last in a competition or race (6) |
| ORECAR | Vehicle unlikely to speed or race |
| STAGES | Sections of a journey or race (6) |
| CAREER | Run, or race, wildly about inside (6) |
| BREADBASKETS | Bannetons, cobs, panniers or other woven hampers for holding loaves or serving rolls; bellies, paunches or pots resembling said punnets or receiving said crumb; or, granary nations or wheaten lands of |
| MEDLEYS | Fights or scuffles originally, later miscellanies or mixtures; musical potpourris; textiles woven from yarns of varying colours; or, races involving multiple swimming styles (7) |
| MEETS | Gatherings of horses, hounds and riders prior to hunts; rallies of athletes for contests, galas or races; criminal conventions; or, intersections (5) |
| CONCORD | Meaning "of the same heart or mind", harmony in music or between groups, nations or people (7) |
| FEDERAL | Which term relates to the league between nations or states (7) |
