| HARDDRIVE | Bit of computer kit in the Paris-Dakar rally? |
| SENEGAL | Entrants finished the Paris-Dakar rally in this country |
| ICKX | Jacky .... , Belgian driver; 1972 F1 German GP, 1983 Paris-Dakar Rally and 1969, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1981 and 1982 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (4) |
| TERM | Bit of computer memory, in a manner of speaking (4) |
| CACHE | Bit of computer memory ready by the sound of it (5) |
| PETERHANSEL | Stephane ?, winner of the Dakar Rally cars category in 2016 and 2017 |
| BRABEC | Ricky, became the first ever American winner of the Dakar Rally this year. (6) |
| ELIASHOWE | His machine won a gold medal in the Paris Exhibition of 1867 |
| BIVOUAC | Overnight resting point for riders in events such as the Dakar Rally. (7) |
| ASO | Long-time organisers of the Dakar Rally. (3) |
| RISK | Taking part in Paris-Dakar is known to be a gamble (4) |
| RALLY | Dakar (formerly Paris-Dakar) event (5) |
| SPAT | Spoke crisply in the Paris patois |
| LEGROOM | In the Paris train there's scope for footsie! (7) |
| ARISE | Stand up in the Paris express (5) |
| DONGLE | Bit of computer hardware that connects to a USB port |
| DOLOOP | Bit of computer programming executed repeatedly |
| COOKIE | Company that is underpinning approval for a bit of computer information (6) |
| CLASSICCAR | Judge in charge has a lot of concern for participant in rally? (7,3) |
| NANI | Senor Roma, one of few to win the Dakar Rally on both two wheels and four. (4) |
