| COCKPITS | The rooster opposes racing-car drivers' seats |
| EDDIE | Formula One racing car driver for the Jaguar team, ... Irvine |
| NUVOLARI | Tazio ?, motorcycle and motor racing car driver nicknamed The Flying Mantuan who died in 1953 (8) |
| PROST | Which French racing car driver held the world championship in 1985,1986 and 1989? (5) |
| MICHAEL | Seven-time World Champion Formula One racing car driver, ... Schumacher |
| JACQUES | Formula One racing car driver, ... Villeneuve |
| SENNA | Grand Prix racing car driver, Ayrton ... |
| KIDD | Jodie _, ex-model and racing car driver (4) |
| LAUDA | Honour a former great racing car driver (5) |
| COCKY | Self-important as the rooster at the top of the yard (5) |
| ELGALLO | "The Fantasticks" narrator whose name translates to "The Rooster" |
| CREW | Those working the ship heard what the rooster did |
| COCKER | The Spanish leave the rooster for a spaniel (6) |
| COCK | Prepare the gun for the rooster (4) |
| COCKTAIL | Drink to the last of the rooster? (8) |
| HUGOWEAVING | Star of The Rooster and The Royal Hotel (4,7) |
| MALCOLMCAMPBELL | Racing car driver, 1885-1948, who set world speed records on land and water (7,8) |
| BRABHAM | Name an Australian triple world champion racing car driver, Sir Jack ... (7) |
| COQUETRY | The rooster made a meal of the oak, we hear. What a dalliance (8) |
| DONNYBROOK | Fellow with New York novel about the start of the rooster fight (10) |