| BECHER | Martin ___, soldier after whom a Grand National fence is named |
| BOLIVAR | Simon, South American soldier after whom Bolivia is named (7) |
| VALENTINESBROOK | Famous Grand National fence at Aintree to get over... with heart in mouth? (10,5) |
| BROOK | Becher's ___, notoriously difficult Grand National fence (5) |
| EVENS | A much more likely starting price for a Derby favourite than a Grand National one |
| CHAIR | The ..... , Grand National fence (5) |
| SNAREDRUM | Sandown empty and a Grand National winner that gets beaten! (5,4) |
| STEEPLECHASER | Jockey replaces these for a Grand National runner, say |
| RUBYWALSH | Irish jockey, a Grand National winner in 2000 and 2005 |
| EIDER | Steeplechase run at Newcastle and seen as a Grand National trial (5) |
| PITMAN | Jenny, first woman to train a Grand National-winning horse, with Corbiere in 1983 (6) |
| VENETIA | ____ Williams, in 2009 became the second female trainer of a Grand National winner (7) |
| OFFENCE | A fence is said to be the best defence (7) |
| PRESSCONFERENCE | Gathering with a notable crowd once last bit of perimeter fence is fixed |
| BEYONDTHEPALE | To go too far outside a fence is intolerable (6,3,4) |
| ALIBI | No fence is a beneficial excuse (5) |
| PALE | Part of a fence is lacking in colour (4) |
| AFIRE | A tree close to fence is burning (5) |
| AMORANT | A soldier, after memory's recalled, becomes sentimenal (7) |
| DEBRIEF | Gather information from (a soldier) after operation |
