| THOMPSON | Athlete who, at the 1984 Olympics, won the decathlon gold medal for the second time; or, an actress who starred in a television adaptation of Olivia Manning's Fortunes of War (8) |
| COMANECI | Romania-born athlete who, at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games, became first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10.0 (8) |
| SEBRLE | Roman ___, Czech athlete who won the decathlon gold medal at the 2004 Olympics |
| GARLAND | Wreath of plaited flowers; an anthology of poems; or, an actress who starred as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz (7) |
| MINUTE | Word that's either a unit of time or an adjective, depending on which syllable you stress |
| YET | Adverb indicating a continuation of time or an expectation of something to happen |
| MICHELLE | With 35-Across, a member of Destiny's Child, or an actress in "Brokeback Mountain" |
| TOKYO | Dawn Fraser won her third gold medal for the 100m freestyle at the 1964 Olympics, held in this Japan |
| ELLIOTT | Winner of the gold medal for the 1,500m at the 1960 Olympics in Rome, Herb ... |
| ASHTONEATON | American athlete who won the gold medal in the decathlon at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics (6,5) |
| LONDON | 2012 Olympics venue where James Harden won the gold medal for the US men's basketball team |
| PHILMAHRE | Skier who won the slalom gold medal at the 1984 Olympics, just ahead of his twin brother, Steve |
| MARY | ___ Lou Retton (gymnast who won gold in the All-Around at the 1984 Olympics) |
| JOANBENOIT | US Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame runner who won a gold medal at the 1984 Olympics: 2 wds. |
| MACEY | Dean ---, English athlete who won gold in the decathlon at the 2006 Commonwealth Games (5) |
| BUDD | South Africa-born women's athlete who ran for Britain at the 1984 Olympics (4,4) |
| THORPE | First Native American to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States |
| GRITTAR | Horse that won the 1982 Grand National, ridden by amateur jockey Dick Saunders, who at the age of 48 was the oldest jockey to have won the race (7) |
| LEBEDEVA | Tatyana ___, Russian athlete who won World Championship gold medals for both the long jump and the triple jump (8) |
| SCOTT | Figure skater Hamilton who won gold at the 1984 Olympics |
