| CHAMPSELYSEES | Avenue in Paris, traditional site of the final stage of the Tour de France (6,7) |
| REIMS | City in the Champagne-Ardenne region; the traditional site of the crowning of the kings of France (5) |
| PARIS | Known as La Ville Lumiere (City of Light), one of the world's big four fashion capitals, where the final stage of the annual Tour de France takes place (5) |
| STOWONTHEWOLD | Gloucestershire town, site of the final battle of the first English Civil War (4-2-3-4) |
| SIMONRAIWALUI | Head coach who steered Fiji into the knockout stage of the World Cup for the first time since 2007 (5,8) |
| DEALORNODEAL | UK game show based on the final stage of the Netherlands show Miljoenenjacht |
| ROSSI | Paolo ....., top scorer at the final stages of the FIFA World Cup in 1982 (5) |
| COSTA | ___ Rica, country who qualified for the final stages of the FIFA World Cup in 1990, 2002 and 2006 (5) |
| ETAPE | L'- du Tour; cyclosportive event enabling amateur cyclists to participate in a stage of the Tour de France (5) |
| FLORENCE | From which city did the cyclists on the first stage of the Tour de France set off from yesterday? (8) |
| COPTIC | Final stage of the hieroglyphic language of ancient Egypt, written in the Greek alphabet (6) |
| HARROGATE | In which English town did yesterday's opening stage of the Tour de France end? (9) |
| DEPART | The Grand ___, the ceremonial opening stages of the Tour de France (6) |
| SCILLA | Town in Calabria, Italy that is the traditional site of a sea monster in Greek mythology |
| ENDGAME | The final stage of a round or match of chess, when only a few pieces remain on the board; or, one's manner of playing this (7) |
| BETATEST | A trial of machinery, software or other products in the final stage of development (4,4) |
| IMAGO | Perfect final stage of the writer's in the past |
| CROWNING | The final stage of labour, when the baby's head is visible (8) |
| ARGONNE | French forest region that was the site of the final offensive of World War I |
| WORCESTER | Cathedral city, site of the final battle of the English Civil War (9) |
