| MACEY | Dean ___, fishing guru, ex-Olympic decathlete (5) |
| DAVIDHEMERY | Ex-Olympic hurdler working classes at track maintains keen edge (5,6) |
| DAVIES | Sharron, British ex-Olympic swimmer who was nicknamed Amazon on TV show Gladiators (6) |
| HUNT | Aussie fishing guru (Rex ----) |
| REX | TV fishing guru (--- Hunt) |
| RAFER | '50s-'60s Olympic decathlete Johnson |
| EATON | Olympic decathlete Ashton |
| TROUT | "___ Fishing in America" (Richard Brautigan) (5) |
| DRILL | Train decathlete, initially by stream (5) |
| MAYER | Kevin, French decathlete who became the world record holder in 2018 (5) |
| CLYDE | Some muscly decathlete in Scottish river (5) |
| LUKIN | Former Australian Olympic gold medal winner in weightlifting; Dean ___ (5) |
| REELS | Rods and ___ (fishing equipment) |
| DALEY | ___ Thompson, decathlete (5) |
| MOXEY | Dean ___, 2009-2011 Derby and 2011-2014 Crystal Palace defender (5) |
| RANCE | Dean ___, 2020-2023 Dagenham & Redbridge and 2023-2024 Scunthorpe United midfielder (5) |
| DALEYTHOMPSON | Olympic decathlete, gold medal winner in 1980 and 1984 (5,8) |
| CONEY | Dean ___ , former England Under-21 forward signed by Norwich from QPR in 1989 (5) |
| ELGAR | Dean ___, South Africa Test opener who made 199 against Bangladesh in Potchefstroom in 2017 (5) |
| ROSEN | 'Psychobabble' author Richard Dean ___ |
