| TARE | A weedy bit of a former athlete turning up (4) |
| AWE | A weedy bit of wonder? (3) |
| USC | Sch. that has had a former athlete win at least one gold medal in every summer 18-Across since 1912 |
| WIMP | Women's Institute attracts member who's a weedy bloke (4) |
| HOED | Worked in a weedy garden |
| BOLT | Usain _, former athlete (4) |
| ESPN | Cable channel that hires many former athletes |
| DEWYEYED | Innocent and naive, when tinged with a weedy dye (4,4) |
| SARGASSOSEA | So, a seagrass growing in a weedy ocean (8,3) |
| NETTLE | General name for a weedy plant of the Urtica genus (6) |
| CHARLOCK | Cleaner with cluster of hair is a weedy type |
| STEVECRAM | Former athlete checks up on energy and stuff (5,4) |
| COLLEGE | Former athlete holding large part of a competition in university (7) |
| AKABUSI | Surname of Kriss, former athlete who was a presenter on Record Breakers (7) |
| BUTTERCUP | Dockside seller is a weedy type |
| EYESORE | A weedy lot with trash strewn in it,, e.g. (7) |
| GOATSBEARD | Dog Star could, perhaps, be in a weedy one (10) |
| GOOSEFOOT | A weedy plant with soft, woolly hairs (9) |
| PACKER | Ann - - -, British former athlete who won a gold medal in the 800m and a silver in the 400m at the 1964 Olympics (6) |
| BRENDANFOSTER | Former athlete who won a bronze medal in the 10,000m at the 1976 Olympics, founder of the Great North Run (7,6) |
