| AMERICASCUP | Competition for boats as race up Cam is organised |
| QUAY | Platform for loading and unloading boats, as found in Summer Bay (4) |
| RISINGTIDE | Reportedly, it lifts all boats, as evidenced by the starred answers |
| ENCRUST | Bond to boats as barnacles |
| CAESAR | Julius, say, seen as race is thrown (6) |
| CAUSEFORALARM | Worrying matter as race formula is decided (5,3,5) |
| NURSING | Race up and confess to care as a profession (7) |
| NURTURE | For one's upbringing, race up - true, it may turn out (7) |
| KEEL | Vegetable turned up as foundation of boat as it were (4) |
| LEMANS | Monaco's first in lists as race venue (2,4) |
| INACANTER | I can't earn redress, as race won easily (2,1,6) |
| STARTINGPRICE | Final odds as race begins |
| ELECTRICHARE | Nixon's campaign slogan, short and to the point as race leader |
| STARTINGBLOCK | Sprinter's position as race begins |
| CRUSTACEA | They have hard shells, cut as race develops (9) |
| RUNOVER | Knocked down as race finished |
| BENNEVIS | In the annual 14km race up and down this mountain, the record time is Kenny Stuart’s 1:25:34 in 1984 |
| CUTACAPER | Race up and act friskily (3,1,5) |
| NURR | See bowler finally race up with hard ball |
| APERCU | summary, insight; race up (anag.) |
