| RECORDBREAKER | What ace is in lap literally, an all-time champion? |
| FOURTHOFJULY | Y literally an important day in America (6,2,4) |
| CLOISTER | Be it a conventual secluded space, covered walk, holy arcade, monastic cell or a sacred ambulatory, it's literally an "enclosed place" (8) |
| JAKARTA | Yes, German racing vehicle ace is in Indonesia |
| COCOA | Chop-chop! Seconds slipping away! Ace is in the drink! (5) |
| RACER | The Tour de France winner, say? The ace is in a Rolls-Royce (5) |
| ONES | What aces may count as |
| LOW | What aces may be |
| WASIMAKRAM | The only Pakistani cricketer named in an all-time Test World XI to mark the 150th anniversary of Wisden in 2013 (5,5) |
| NADAL | Tennis champion with an all-time record of 22 Grand slam titles |
| RUPEE | Currency that hit an all-time low against the US dollar in 2025. (5) |
| JOHNFRANCOME | 7-time Champion Jump Jockey, born in Swindon in 1952 (4,8) |
| PLAZA | All characters in lap run around square (5) |
| PROBABLY | Likely in favour of infant keeping head in lap (8) |
| AEROBATIC | Describing a display in which an ace is involved in a wild orbit (9) |
| AKRAM | The only Pakistani cricketer named in an all-time Test World XI to mark the 150th anniversary of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack |
| MAJORTOM | David Bowie persona described as “a junkie, strung out in heaven’s high, hitting an all-time low’ |
| WASIM | The only Pakistani cricketer named in an all-time Test World XI to mark the 150th anniversary of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack |
| JOHNLEGENDARY | Best New Artist winner destined to become an all-time great? |
| TENTH | High placement on an all-time record list |
