| WUSHU | Competitive full-contact sport developed in China in 1949 and having two disciplines: taolu and sand |
| MAHJONG | Tile-based game made illegal in China in 1949, legalised again in 1985 (7) |
| PINYIN | System of romanised spelling developed in China in 1958 (6) |
| INK | Writing fluid believed to be developed in China in 3000BCE |
| SUMO | Japanese form of competitive full-contact wrestling (4) |
| KAYAKING | Sport in which Slalom and Sprint are the two disciplines at the summer Olympics (8) |
| PAINTBALL | Competitive shooting sport developed in the early 1980s |
| ICEHOCKEY | Skating sport developed in Canada (3,6) |
| MAO | _ Zedong, Chinese politician who founded the People's Republic of China in 1949 (3) |
| CLEANANDJERK | One of the two disciplines in Olympic weightlifting |
| NANETTEFABRAY | Actress and singer (1920-2018) who won a Tony in 1949 and three Emmys in the 1950s: 2 wds. |
| QUONGTART | Which Australian merchant and entrepreneur was born in China in 1850, died in 1903 and was active in |
| SETTLEOLDSCORES | Work out Ireland beat England 2-0 in 1949 and 1-0 in 1988 for revenge (6,3,6) |
| PARRIS | Matthew, political journalist and broadcaster born in 1949 and formerly a Conservative MP (6) |
| STURGESS | Eric ___, winner of the Wimbledon mixed doubles tennis championship in 1949 and 1950 (8) |
| EMMY | U.S. TV award first presented in 1949 and named after a camera tube (4) |
| HISS | Alger, U.S. State Department official tried twice on a charge of perjury in 1949 and 1950 (4) |
| MMA | Full-contact sport, for short |
| RUGBYLEAGUE | Full-contact sport played with an oval ball (5,6) |
| RUGBY | Full-contact sport |
