| SLC | Utah site of the 2002 Olympics, for short |
| SALT | ___ Lake City (site of the 2002 Winter Olympics) |
| RIO | Brazilian host city for the 2016 Olympics, for short |
| STL | Host of the 1904 Olympics, for short |
| USA | Host of the 2028 Olympics, for short |
| APOLOANTONOHNO | Short track skater at the 2002 Olympics who sports a soul patch |
| UTAH | Site of the 2002 Winter Games |
| PRELIM | Qualifying race at the Olympics, for short |
| TRI | Race won by Cassandre Beaugrand at the 2024 Olympics, for short |
| AUS | Swimming powerhouse in the Olympics, for short |
| SQUASH | Sport which will be in the Olympics for the first time in 2028, one of the optional sports (6) |
| HAMMERTHROW | Athletics event - the women's version was included in the Olympics for the first time at Sydney's Su |
| TOMALIN | Claire, winner of the 2002 Whitbread Book of the Year Award for Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self (7) |
| AGASSI | 1996 gold medalist who dropped out of the Olympics for personal reasons |
| OAR | Abbreviation used by the 2018 Winter Olympics for the Russian competitors |
| BRONZEMEDAL | Award for third place in the Olympics, for example (6,5) |
| SALTLAKECITY | 2002 Olympics site |
| UTAHAN | 2002 Olympics attendee, maybe |
| MITT | 2002 Olympics organizer Romney |
| SALE | Pairs figure skater Jamie who, with David Pelletier, won duplicate 2002 Olympics |
