| LED | Was in position to win the race |
| STANDTOGAIN | Take position to win Roman garment retained by reserve (5,2,4) |
| SAMANTHA | Woman was in position to trap chap with triumphant cry (8) |
| DUCKGREEN | Where Dixon was in position to clip environmentalist (4,5) |
| SEEJANE | "The frantic pace, the constant chase to win the race" 1968 (5-3-4) |
| GOTTA | And 25A "The frantic pace, the constant chase to win the race" 1968 (5-3-4) |
| FIRST | Come in this to win the race (5) |
| NAPPED | Was Dozy expected to win the race? (6) |
| FASTEST | Least likely to run, yet most likely to win the race (7) |
| ENCOURAGED | "The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if ___": Ovid (10) |
| AHEAD | Leading by enough to win the race (5) |
| SLOWER | Less likely to win the race |
| LEFTATTHEPOST | One side was in position, but failed to start the race (4,2,3,4) |
| CLEAR | Win the race: come - past the post |
| MIDWICKET | Wicked Tim was in position (9) |
| HELDSWAY | Was in position of power when imprisoned on rock (4,4) |
| THEHARE | Slow and steady wins the race was the moral of Aesop's fable, The Tortoise And ... (3,4) |
| ALSORANS | They don't win the race (4-4) |
| AESOP | Slow and steady wins the race according to this fable writer of ancient times |
| SLOWAND | "___ steady wins the race" |
