| WINASTUFFEDANIMAL | Be successful in one of the games at the Summer fair: 4 wds. |
| TWIN | Start last and be successful in one of two |
| FETE | Village summer fair (4) |
| PINDAR | Greek lyric poet (c. 518-438 BC) noted for his odes (Epinikia) celebrating victories in the games at Olympia and elsewhere (6) |
| JRSMITH | Cavaliers shooting guard who famously could have won the game at the end of regulation of Game 1 of the 2018 NBA Finals, instead dribbled out the clock |
| GETON | Climb aboard and be successful in one's career (3,2) |
| DARTS | Runs the game at the pub (5) |
| POOL | One of the games payable on a billiards table |
| SACHINTENDULKAR | Retired Indian cricketer widely regarded as one of the game's greatest players (6,9) |
| GOODBYE | Word that follows You Are The Weakest Link to give one of the game show's catchphrases (7) |
| HOMEANDDRY | Having been successful in one's aims in out of the rain (4,3,3) |
| FIVEASIDE | Form of football, played on a smaller pitch, with a total of 10 players involved in the game at any one time (4-1-4) |
| MEXICOCITY | American track medalists Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised black-gloved fists at the 1968 Olympic Games. In which city did this politically charged instance of the games take place? (6,4) |
| TORCH | Secret of Olympic proportions: It isn't until the opening ceremony of the Games that the world discovers who will carry the ___ |
| BERMUDA | In terms of population, which is the smallest nation to have won a medal at the summer Olympics? (7) |
| BANDSHELLCONCERTS | Musical events at Toronto summer fair the Canadian National Exhibition: 2 wds. |
| ROBSIMMONS | Reds forward in 112 games, at the Waratahs in 2018-20 (3,7) |
| INFLATABLEBEACHBALL | Fun prop often of blue-red-yellow at the Summer cottage's lake: 3 wds. |
| KAYAKING | Sport in which Slalom and Sprint are the two disciplines at the summer Olympics (8) |
| FIVEACROSS | Entry at the top of some crossword grids, or a good description of the game's dimensions? |