| PENELOPEPITSTOP | Driver of the Compact Pussycat in Wacky Races (8,7) |
| PENELOPE | ___ Pitstop, character in Wacky Races who drove a pink car called Compact Pussycat (8) |
| ANTHILL | The --- ---- Mob, the group of gangsters in Wacky Races (3,4) |
| CREAMS | Thrashes Muttley at the beginning in Wacky Races |
| PITSTOP | Penelope - - -, only female driver in Wacky Races (7) |
| MUTTLEY | Canine sidekick of Dick Dastardly in Wacky Races (7) |
| ESTATECARS | Station wagons, say, taking part in Wacky Races (6,4) |
| DASTARDLY | Muttley's villainous master in Wacky Races, Dick ... |
| ESTATECAR | Distinguished gallery investing in Wacky Races vehicle (6,3) |
| DONMESSICK | American voice actor whose creations included Muttley in Wacky Races (3,7) |
| MEANMACHINE | Dick Dastardly's car in Wacky Races (4,7) |
| PEAGREEN | Colour of the boat travelled in by the owl and the pussycat in a nonsense poem by Edward Lear (3-5) |
| ROOTBALL | The compact mass of roots and soil at the base of a plant (8) |
| ANDRETTI | Mario ___ all-time great racing driver who was named the U.S. Driver of the Year in 3 separate decades |
| OTTO | Driver of the school bus in The Simpsons (4) |
| LEAR | Painter who introduced The Owl and the PussyCat in his Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets (4) |
| RUMBLESTRIP | Noisy line that warns a driver of the edge of the road (6,5) |
| SANTA | Dressing up Nat as the driver of the flying reindeer... (5) |
| ADAM | Actor Driver of the new movie The Last Duel |
| FOYT | He shared the AP Driver of the Century award with Andretti |