| PELOTON | From the French meaning "small ball", word for the main body of riders in a cycle race (7) |
| FLITE | Golf ball word |
| FUSELAGE | Term for the main body of an aircraft. (8) |
| MASS | State service for the main body (4) |
| MERLOT | Derived from the French meaning "little blackbird", a variety of red wine from grapes grown in Bordeaux or California (6) |
| MIGNONETTE | From the French meaning "little darling", the plant reseda or its shade of green; lace from Arras; or, sauce for oysters (10) |
| REPLYHAZY | Magic 8-Ball words |
| ROULETTE | Casino game named after the French meaning "little wheel"; or, a tiny incision on a sheet of stamps, similar to a perforation (8) |
| OUTPOST | Military station at a distance from the main body of an army, typically in a remote or sparsely populated location (7) |
| PURSUIT | One's occupation in a cycle race (7) |
| ORIGAMI | In the end, I'm back with a cycle race for Italians with Japanese decoration (7) |
| AISLE | A wing of a church separated from the nave by piers; a passageway in a supermarket or between rows of seats; or, a compartment of a timber-framed barn divided from the main body of the building by pos |
| JOCKEYS | Riders in a race (7) |
| TANDEM | With punning use of the Latin for "at length", word for a carriage drawn by a long set-up of two horses, one behind the other; or, a bicycle for two riders in a similar lengthy formation (6) |
| TRILOGY | Attempt to incorporate one book in a cycle (7) |
| ROUGHIT | In a cycle of depression, I muddle through |
| PRELUDE | Chopin piece in a cycle of 24 |
| EVENTER | Horse or its rider in a "triathlon" (7) |
| HURRIED | Centre largely with unsettled rider in a rush (7) |
| BROOM | Gorse-like shrub of heaths and areas of open countryside/woodland; or, linked with "wagon" for the vehicle known in French as the "voiture balai" following the last rider in a road cycle race (5) |
