| ANTHER | Ran the race to hold the pollen producer (6) |
| ANTHERS | They hold the pollen for hens upset by rat (7) |
| LETTING | Authorising Nigel to run the race in it (7) |
| HAVENOTHINGTOLUGE | Run the race without a sled? |
| STAMEN | Holy man says it at end of prayers to pollen producer (6) |
| LIEDER | Songs first in the race to be heard |
| YPRES | Nicknamed "Wipers" by British troops, Belgian town that was the site of three battles of the First World War including one during the Race to the Sea (5) |
| AIRALERTS | Bombers in the sky, the pollen count is high (3,6) |
| ETHNIC | Not quite the race to rebuild the nick (6) |
| NINE | HFCS have ... times more capacity to outbox CO2 in the race to burn up the planet. (4) |
| ROALD | Norwegian explorer who defeated Scott in the race to be first to the South Pole, ... Amundsen |
| RELAY | The race to repair the track |
| HARE | Lost the race to the tortoise (4) |
| GAINGROUND | Catch up in the race to become biggest landowner? (4,6) |
| CHASE | Has, in the second half of the race, to pursue (5) |
| HAYFEVER | Irritation of the nose and throat by the pollen of flowers or grass, producing sneezing and headaches (3,5) |
| YSER | River flowing from France through Belgium, along which a battle forming part of the Race to the Sea was fought (4) |
| TREAT | Are wrecked in the race to get something for nothing (5) |
| HECTARE | The race to develop some land (7) |
| CHASTISE | It's back in the race to beat one |