| RUNNINGSTITCH | Sewing technique experienced by sprinter |
| STARTINGBLOCK | Device used by sprinter (8,5) |
| RACEME | Challenge by sprinter for cluster of flowers (6) |
| APPLIQUE | A Lapp liqueur partly used in sewing technique (8) |
| BLANKETSTITCH | Sewing technique with interlocking loops |
| CROSSSTITCH | Sewing technique (5,6) |
| RIPSNORTER | One's fast and furious, or lapped by sprinter, perhaps |
| BARBADOS | Island whose sole Olympic medal to date won by sprinter Obadele Thompson at Sydney 2000 (8) |
| FRONTRUNNER | Self-confidence shown by sprinter, say, leading competitor (5-6) |
| IRONON | A soft fabric binding linen at first, in sewing technique (8) |
| STITCH | Unsteadily straddle, having irritation making invisible sewing technique - see 3dn (0) |
| LADDER | Unsteadily straddle, having irritation making invisible sewing technique - w 30ac (6,6) |
| TRACKSHOES | Footwear worn by sprinters (5,5) |
| LIKEALICE | Vicissitudes experienced by lift operators (3,3,5) |
| ASPY | Vicissitudes experienced by lift operators (3,3,5) |
| SUMMERSON | Vicissitudes experienced by lift operators (3,3,5) |
| BEATTY | Vicissitudes experienced by lift operators (3,3,5) |
| HEART | Vicissitudes experienced by lift operators (3,3,5) |
| ELM | Vicissitudes experienced by lift operators (3,3,5) |
| SPOON | Vicissitudes experienced by lift operators (3,3,5) |
