| ROMANIA | Country which defied the Soviet Union-led Eastern Bloc boycott of the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, USA |
| WATERPOLO | Hungary has won more gold than any other country in this Summer Olympics sport but couldn't play in 1984 in L.A. during an Eastern Bloc boycott |
| ZOLABUDD | Who had the accidental clash with American Mary Decker in the 1984 Olympic Games? (4,4) |
| OTTLEY | David, British javelin silver medallist in the 1984 Olympic Games (6) |
| LACROSSE | Game in Los Angeles annoyed last in league (8) |
| NBA | League featuring the Knicks versus Clippers game in Los Angeles. (abbvr) (3) |
| COE | British middledistance runner who won the gold in the 1,500 m event at the 1980 and 1984 Olympic Games. (3) |
| PERU | The city of Paris was awarded the hosting rights for the 2024 Olympic Games in the 131st IOC session held in which country? (4) |
| WARSAWPACT | Defence treaty between the Soviet Union and a number of eastern bloc countries, signed in May 1955 (6,4) |
| ROSEPARKS | The 'mother of the civil rights movement', best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott of 1955/56 (4,5) |
| THOMPSON | Daley --, winner of the decathlon gold medal at the 1980 and 1984 Olympic Games (8) |
| TORVILL | Jayne, partner of Christopher Dean in winning the 1984 Olympic ice dance gold medal (7) |
| DEAN | Christopher. partner of Jayne Torvill in winning the 1984 Olympic figure skating ice dancing gold medal (4) |
| DALEYTHOMPSON | British athlete who was the decathlon champion at the 1980 and 1984 Olympic Games (5,8) |
| LOGAN | Surname of Gabby who hosted the BBC's coverage of the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021 (5) |
| OSSHD | The Organisation for Co-Operation of Railways initially managed railway transport in Eastern Bloc countries (1, 1, 1, 1, 1) |
| MARYDECKERSLANEY | US runner who fell after colliding with Zola Budd in the 1984 Olympic 3,000m (4,6,6) |
| PUBLICBUSES | In 1956, Martin Luther King Jr. organized a boycott of these in Montgomery, Alabama: 2 wds. |
| ADAMS | Neil _, British judoka who won silver medals at the 1980 and 1984 Olympic Games (5) |
| NEIL | And 32 British judoka who won silver medals at the 1980 and 1984 Olympic Games (4,5) |
