| MERCKX | Eddy --, Belgian cyclist known as the 'Cannibal' (6) |
| EDDYMERCKX | Belgian former racing cyclist known as The Cannibal |
| DISHY | "Very attractive," as the cannibal put it! (5) |
| LECTOR | Word, similar to the surname of "Hannibal the Cannibal", for a reader of liturgical lessons in a church or of academic discourses in university (6) |
| LECTER | Movie character nicknamed Hannibal the Cannibal |
| JASPER | Belgian cyclist; 2023 Tour de France points classification winner (6,9) |
| RIKVAN | Belgian cyclist; 1968 La Fleche Wallonne winner (3,3,4) |
| EDDY | World champion Belgian cyclist nicknamed The Cannibal, ... Merckx |
| BOILERROOM | What the janitor wouldn't go into with the cannibal? (6,4) |
| FOODSTOCK | What the cannibal made of the captive of noble ancestry? (4,5) |
| COLBYBRYANT | Cheesy bite at the Cannibal Cafe? |
| BALI | Part of the Cannibal Islands in Indonesia (4) |
| GETINASTEW | Become worried that you'll be caught by the cannibal? |
| CANNIBAL | The ____, nickname of Belgian cyclist Eddy Merckx (8) |
| BALBOA | Cannibal boasts of capturing explorer. (6) |
| ALPACA | Woolly material from some scalp a cannibal takes (6) |
| PHILIPSEN | Belgian cyclist; 2023 Tour de France points classification winner (6,9) |
| CORPSE | Death Metal shockers Cannibal ___ |
| EATING | "... people is wrong!" said Flanders %26 Swann's Reluctant Cannibal |
| CACTUS | An early cannibal cuts up a desert plant |
