| PETERHANSEL | Stephane -, winner of the Dakar Rally cars category in 2021 (11) |
| BRABEC | Ricky, became the first ever American winner of the Dakar Rally this year. (6) |
| SAUDIARABIA | It's just hosted the Dakar Rally for the second time, and will do so for a while. (5,6) |
| ASO | Long-time organisers of the Dakar Rally. (3) |
| LANCIADELTA | It formed the basis for the S4 rally car (6, 5) |
| BIVOUAC | Overnight resting point for riders in events such as the Dakar Rally. (7) |
| ALATTIYAH | 2012 Olympics skeet bronze medallist; 2011, 2015, 2019, 2022 and 2023 Dakar Rally cars class winner (6,2-7) |
| NASSER | 2012 Olympics skeet bronze medallist; 2011, 2015, 2019, 2022 and 2023 Dakar Rally cars class winner (6,2-7) |
| SAINZ | Carlos ....., 2010, 2018 and 2020 Dakar Rally car class winner (5) |
| BESTPICTURE | Oscars! Sunday, March 27th, 2022... Category in which Canadian filmmaker Denis Villeneuve's "Dune" (2021) is a nominee: 2 wds. |
| NANI | Senor Roma, one of few to win the Dakar Rally on both two wheels and four. (4) |
| HARDDRIVE | Bit of computer kit in the Paris-Dakar rally? |
| ASTRAL | Of stars in fast rally cars (6) |
| RALLY | It's started from Lisbon for the last couple of years rather than the traditional Paris, the Dakar |
| SENEGAL | Entrants finished the Paris-Dakar rally in this country |
| YUMP | Leave the ground in a rally car (4) |
| MGMETRO | The 6R4 rally car was an offshoot of this hatchback (2,5) |
| GTO | Trailblazer in the muscle car category |
| ICKX | Jacky .... , Belgian driver; 1972 F1 German GP, 1983 Paris-Dakar Rally and 1969, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1981 and 1982 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (4) |
| CRYSTALCLEAR | It's easy to understand rally cars etc. crash (7,5) |
