| STLEGER | One of the five classics of the flat-racing season and the final leg of the English Triple Crown (2,5) |
| ICHING | An ancient divination text considered one of the "five classics" of Confucianism (1,5) |
| YASMARINA | Host circuit of the last race of the Formula One racing season since 2009, on an island in north-eastern Abu Dhabi (3,6) |
| OAKS | Epsom -; in the British Season, one of the five classic flat races for three-year-old horses along with the 1,000 and 2,000 Guineas, the Derby and the St Leger Stakes (4) |
| THEFLAT | Robbery takes place around big city in racing season |
| EPSOM | Second leg of the English Triple Crown of thoroughbred racing, the ... Derby |
| BELMONT | and 7dn, The third and final leg of the US Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing |
| NIJINSKY | Russian ballet dancer, d. 1950 - racehorse, winner of the English Triple Crown, 1970 (8) |
| BELMONTSTAKES | The third and final leg of the US Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (7,6) |
| STAKES | see 19dn, The third and final leg of the US Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing |
| BRIMSTONEHEAD | Location on Newfoundland's Fogo Island which The Flat Earth Society of Canada believes is one of the four corners of the 'flat' Earth: 2 wds. |
| BRIMSTONE | Newfoundland: Fogo Island location which The Flat Earth Society believes is one of the four corners of the 'flat' Earth, ___ Head |
| CLASSICS | Greek and Latin studies; or, the five events of the flat race season including the Oaks (8) |
| THEOAKS | One of the classics of English flat racing (3,4) |
| DOBBS | Life peer, novelist and politician who penned the Francis Urquhart trilogy comprising House of Cards, To Play the King and The Final Cut (5) |
| AUTUMNPEASE | Softball player formed by inserting an anagram of "Spumante" into A U _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ E: 2 wds. (Theme answer: The first word of this answer is a season and the second word is a homophone for green ve |
| LEGER | The St ___ is the oldest of English horse racing's five Classics. (5) |
| MAWDSLEY | Who ran the final leg for Ireland in the women's 4x400m final at the Paris Olympics? (8) |
| INTHELASTRESORT | On the final leg of a holiday as an expedient? (2,3,4,6) |
| HOUSEOFCARDS | What (The ___ ___ ___) completes a trilogy with To Play the King and The Final Cut? (5,2,5) |
