| SECONDTONONE | Taking control of the race on the track, so reigned supreme (6,2,4) |
| INTHERUNNING | Taking part in a race on the track with fair chance to succeed (2,3,7) |
| FALLINTOLINE | Trip over onto the track, so have to conform to safety measures (4,4,4) |
| JODIE | Ms Whittaker who is taking control of the Tardis (5) |
| RALLY | World _ Championship, in which the Audi quattro once reigned supreme (5) |
| TROT | Run slowly starting the race on time |
| PUNCTUATIONMARK | Scramble up mountain track, then maybe stop |
| KISSED | Beach Boys track, "Then I ... Her" (6) |
| MAKESSENSE | Tracks, so to speak |
| FILMDIRECTOR | One in overall control of the shooting (4,8) |
| RUNOFTHEMILL | Pedestrian in control of the factory (3-2-3-4) |
| PURSESTRINGS | If you in control of the finances, you are said to hold these |
| INCONSOLABLE | One will never get over how that popular backward graduate is left in control of the game (12) |
| MAHOUT | Going back, Galway town overlooks surprise of person taking control of Jumbo (6) |
| INERROR | National newspaper spending a million on taking control of Northern Echo mistakenly |
| NARCISSIST | One full of oneself somehow insists upon taking control of narrative (10) |
| CONQUEST | Act of taking control of territory by force |
| HOUSE | The man taking control of old American parliament |
| POSSESSING | Taking control of sheriff's men, begin search for grass |
| ICELAND | Country responsible for taking control of wild animal (7) |
