| FATIMAWHITBREAD | British javelin thrower whose main rival in the 1980s was Petra Felke |
| DEMOCRAT | Republican's main rival in the US (8) |
| IRONLADY | A Soviet newspaper in the 1980s was first to call Margaret Thatcher what? (4,4) |
| EDOM | Ancient region of the Middle East whose capital was Petra |
| MICRA | Which Nissan supermini unveiled in the Eighties was known as the March in Japan? (5) |
| KIA | Hyundai's main rival in South Korea |
| PETRA | ..... Felke, women's javelin Olympic champion in 1988 (5) |
| TESSASANDERSON | British javelin thrower who competed in the Olympics six times, 1976-1996 |
| FATIMA | --- Whitbread, British javelin thrower who won medals at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics (6) |
| STEVEBACKLEY | British javelin thrower who won silver medals in four global championships, three behind Jan Zelezny |
| SANDERSON | Tessa ___, British javelin thrower who won an Olympic gold medal in 1984 |
| TESSA | --- Sanderson, British javelin thrower who competed at six Olympics (5) |
| MCPAUL | What was the birth surname of the heptathlete and javelin thrower who was born in Port Kembla and wo |
| OTTLEY | David, British javelin silver medallist in the 1984 Olympic Games (6) |
| KIROV | Russian musical company, main rival to the Bolshoi in opera and ballet (5) |
| PEPSICOLA | Former brand name of the main rival to the drink 'Coke' (5-4) |
| TDP | Key NDA ally and main rival of the YSR Congress Party in Andhra Pradesh.(abbvr) (3) |
| BERNIESANDERS | Who is Hillary Clinton's main rival for the Democratic Presidential nomination? (6,7) |
| ITALIANVERMOUTH | It expanded and forced out the main rival |
| LUSIS | Latvian Janis ____ was the only javelin thrower to win Olympic medals of all three colours, in 1964, 1968 and 1972 |
