| RIFLES | Beijing 2022 - The ones in Biathlon use .22-calibre cartridges |
| SHOE | Beijing 2022 - The 'Bootie' is the racing ___ worn in Luge |
| BYES | Leader in biathlon certainly runs (4) |
| ISLA | Scottish name, in 2022 the most popular for baby girls in New Zealand (4) |
| NINJA | Japanese martial arts fighter (the ones in black, clinging to the ceiling in The Samurai) |
| DOMESTICANIMALS | Cleans the house for boxers - the ones in the doghouse (8,7) |
| PARAMOUNT | Chris McCarthy and Brian Robbins were named co-CEOs of this showbiz giant in 2022; the company did so well that each will receive a bonus above $18 million, as announced on Aug.6 |
| GARETH | ___ Charnock, won inaugural Canal Masters 2022 (*the rag) (6) |
| REDS | The ones in the frame? (4) |
| RIFLEMEN | Firemen working around central Ireland - are they the ones in the firing line? (8) |
| ACES | Winning, unreturned serves in tennis; or. the ones in cards (4) |
| FIGHTER | One of the ones in the ring |
| SESQUIPEDALIANISM | Tendency to use long words (like the ones in this puzzle's theme entries) |
| DICE | The ones in Pass the Pigs are shaped like ... well ... pigs |
| LABYRINTH | Beijing 2022 - Series of quick curves on the icy track in the Winter Olympic sport of Skeleton |
| FED | Beijing 2022 - 'F', for short, in IBSF, the international governing body of Skeleton & Bobsleigh |
| GRANITE | Beijing 2022 - Material of the stones in curling |
| BLUELINE | Beijing 2022 - One of a zone marker on the ice in Hockey: 2 wds. |
| GEYSERS | Erupting hot springs, like Old Faithful; the ones in New Zealand's Wairakei area dried up when a geothermal plant went online in 1958 |
| THOSE | The ones in article about cartographers (5) |
