| MARITAKOCH | East German whose 400m world record from 1985 still stands (6,4) |
| RENATESTECHER | Which German, whose maiden name was Meissner, took the 100m women's sprint record from 11.0 seconds |
| OTTO | German whose return goes unnoticed (4) |
| DOGOODER | Setter perhaps loves the German whose assistance is not always welcomed (2-6) |
| JESSEOWENS | Athlete who held the men's long jump world record from 1936 to 1960 (5,5) |
| LISOVSKAYA | Natalya ___, 1988 Olympic women's shot put champion whose world record set in 1987 still stands |
| IRINAPRESS | Soviet athlete who, with her sister Tamara, set 26 world records from 1959. 1966 before they both suddenly retired (5,5) |
| SEDYKH | Hammer throw Olympic champion whose world record from 1986 still stands. (6) |
| CLEANSHEET | No criminal record from the laundry! (5,5) |
| JOHNWESLEY | Can we remove record from sluggish churchman? |
| JOHNWALKER | Athlete who held the men's mile record from 1975 to 1979 and won Olympic 1500m in 1976 (4,6) |
| DUTCH | Cornelius "____" Warmerdam held the pole vault world record from 1940 to 1957 |
| RADCLIFFE | Runner who held the women's marathon world record from 2003-19 (9) |
| KERSEE | Jackie Joyner-___ (Olympian whose 1988 world record in the heptathlon still stands) |
| YORDANKA | ___ Donkova, Bulgarian athlete whose world record for the women's 100m hurdles, set in 1986, still stands |
| MUNRO | Southlander who set a world land speed record in 1967 which still stands (5) |
| TRAJAN | Roman emperor whose column still stands in Rome (6) |
| EEL | Its record weight (1978), 11lbs 2oz, still stands (3) |
| USHER | One who finds seats yet still stands |
| BEAUMARIS | Anglesey town where a 13th to 14th-century concentric castle still stands today (9) |
