| DUATHLON | Athletic event involving running and cycling, such as the Highland Cross (8) |
| HURDLING | Sport involving running and jumping (8) |
| COPPERHEAD | Snake also known as the highland moccasin |
| TRIATHLON | Competition involving running, swimming and cycling |
| TROSSACHS | The -; often described as the Highlands in miniature, a wooded valley immortalised in Sir Walter Scott's The Lady of the Lake (9) |
| SWIMMING | Open-water, wild or in a pool, one of the three disciplines forming a triathlon with running and cycling (8) |
| SUSTRANS | Charity promoting walking and cycling moves sun and stars! (8) |
| GYMKHANA | Adapted by the Pony Club as mounted games, Indian word for an equestrian event involving fast turns, pole bending, vaulting and galloping (8) |
| CARNIVAL | Public event involving stalls, entertainment and processions (8) |
| HONEYBEE | Colonist initially holds a single communal event involving Yankee (8) |
| BOATRACE | Annual sporting event involving Cambridge and Oxford (4,4) |
| TUGOFWAR | Event involving two teams and a rope (3,2,3) |
| DRESSAGE | Equestrian event involving a horse's obedience and deportment |
| OCCASION | Special event involving company backing Inca so unexpectedly (8) |
| INCIDENT | Event involving disorganised credit union losing our letters |
| BEERFEST | Event involving draft picks |
| BAKESALE | Event involving dough, in two senses |
| VENDETTA | Quarrel unexpectedly at event involving daughter |
| CAMPAIGN | Planned series of events involving Conservative MP again, possibly |
| GOINGSON | Events involving boy after leaving (6-2) |
