| TRIATHLETES | In just one event they swim, cycle and run (not necessarily in that order) |
| TRIATHLON | In which sporting event do competitors have to swim, cycle and run? (9) |
| SCAMPER | People in tents to cycle and run hurriedly (7) |
| SAIL | Part of a boat in cut-price event, they say? (4) |
| SLAPDASH | Hit and run not well organised (8) |
| BOLT | Run, not necessarily to seed |
| LOP | Cut and run? Not quite |
| HENPARTY | When wife leaves celebratory event they allude to prenuptial arrangement |
| GONZO | Style of reporting in which writers are involved in the events they describe (5) |
| SCARCELY | Doctor cycles around area and runs not at all (8) |
| TROPICAL | Get right into recent events. They were pretty hot (8) |
| MILESTONES | Significant events, they mark the distance (10) |
| PATRICKSTEWART | Thespian in role involving skill and sweat - but not in that order (7,7) |
| TEDDY | Bear to cuddle and stuff, but not in that order? (5) |
| SUNBATHE | Get a tan and then a bus, but not in that order (8) |
| OXO | ___ Tower (London landmark whose windows are shaped like a circle, a cross, and a circle, in that order, in what I'm sure is a total coincidence) |
| NEWWORLD | British newspaper hacker missing leaders to save one's face with article in that order outside Europ |
| AEIOU | Noteworthy features of rows 1-5, 6-10 and 11-15, in that order |
| GRIEGSPIANO | and 16dn, Iconic arpeggio I changed for right notes ... but not necessarily in the right order (6,5,8) |
| MIMUS | An actor, or the farce he plays in (not necessarily in silence) |
