| ETAPE | French word used to describe a stage or leg of a multi-stage bicycle race such as the Tour de France (5) |
| CLASSIC | Word used to describe the Epsom Oaks, Jane Austen's Emma, a car such as the Lagonda LG45 Tourer or a cobbled cycle race such as the Tour of Flanders (7) |
| RELAY | A set of fresh horses or hounds to relieve others on a stage or a chase, hence a relief gang; or, a lap or leg of a race between teams of runners (5) |
| TOURDEFRANCE | Annual multi-stage bicycle race that finishes in Paris (4,2,6) |
| LIMB | Arm or leg of learner seen by one doctor (4) |
| DEFRANCE | Annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race first organised in 1903 (4,2,6) |
| TOUR | Annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race first organised in 1903 (4,2,6) |
| SHANKS | Shins of human beings; the corresponding parts in other vertebrates; or, legs of stockings (6) |
| ENTRY | A door, passage or other ingress affording a way in; an act of going onto a stage or into a building, competition or race; or, an item recorded in a diary, dictionary, ledger, list or log (5) |
| BANQUETTE | French word used to describe a small often upholstered backless bench; a footbridge; or, a raised step or path behind a rampart (9) |
| COMPERE | Meaning "godfather", a French word used to describe a variety show host or a master of ceremonies (7) |
| SAILING | Competitive sport and pursuit performed in a race such as the Volvo Ocean Race or Vendee Globe (7) |
| ATELIER | French word used to describe the workroom or studio of a fine artist (7) |
| BEAU | French word used to describe a dandy such as Richard Nash or George Bryan Brummell (4) |
| CONCIERGE | From Latin for "fellow servant", a French word used to refer to a hotel or apartment building's residential bellhop, caretaker, doorkeeper, hall porter, janitor or warden (9) |
| TOUCHE | French word used to acknowledge a hit in fencing, thus a point scored in an argument or a riposte (6) |
| BUMPS | Points at which rowers begin to overtake or touch the boat ahead in races such as the Torpids (5) |
| LIBRAIRE | French word used to refer to a bibliopole or a bookseller (8) |
| REGATTA | Series of boat or yacht races, such as that held annually on the Thames by the town of Henley (7) |
| FRAISE | French word used in cookery for a strawberry; or, a variety of white au de vie distilled from strawb |
