| NGUGI | Early in the 1988 Olympic 5000m final, Kenyan John ____ broke away with a 2:01 800m spell and was never overtaken |
| SYDNEYWOODERSON | ____, "the mighty atom", won the European championships 1500m in 1938 and 5000m in 1946, and the (9-mile) English national cross-country title in 1948 |
| SPEKE | Explorer who, during an expedition with Richard Burton, broke away to discover Lake Victoria and correctly identify it as a source of the Nile (5) |
| OWEN | David --, one of the 'Gang of Four' who broke away from the Labour Party in 1981 (4) |
| LAURENTIA | Name for the North American craton (or continental interior block) that repeatedly collided with and broke away from other landmasses throughout geologic time. (9) |
| KERLY | Sean ___, hat-trick scorer for Great Britain in the 1988 Olympic hockey semi-finals (5) |
| MAYOTTE | Tim, losing finalist in the 1988 Olympic men's singles tennis event (7) |
| GIOTTO | Florentine artist, seen as the founder of the main tradition of Western painting because he broke away from Byzantine stylization |
| GRAF | Steffi winner of 22 Grand Slam ladies' singles tennis titles and the 1988 Olympic women's singles tennis competition gold medal (4) |
| VIREN | 1972-76 Olympic 5000m and 10,000m winner, Lasse ... (5) |
| LASSEVIREN | Finland's 1972-76 Olympic 5000m and 10,000m winner (5,5) |
| EAST | Beast from the -; nickname for the cold spell and heavy snowfall this year (4) |
| HARMS | Without a lead, puts under a spell and injures (5) |
| USA | Country that broke away from England in the 18th century: Abbr. |
| PAM | Tennis player who won a doubles gold medal at the 1988 Olympic Games, ... Shriver |
| SCHUL | Bob ___, 1964 Olympic 5000m gold medallist (5) |
| NURMI | Paavo ___, 1924 Olympic 5000m gold medallist (5) |
| SZABO | Gabriela ..... , 2000 Olympic 5000m champion (5) |
| ENCHANTED | Under a spell and thence transformed |
| ABOUTTURN | Sick spell and sick feeling after a change of policy (5,4) |
