| CRAMP | Former athlete facing pressure gets abdominal strain (5) |
| HURDLER | Athlete facing obstacles ruled out in hard runs (7) |
| RUNNERBEAN | Athlete's facing disqualification, having hidden drug in vegetable (6,4) |
| COLIC | Kiwi dancer shortly in charge gets abdominal pain (5) |
| SLUMP | Run-down area facing pressure in depression (5) |
| TRUMP | Using club, say, beat tense suspect facing pressure (5) |
| MANUP | Football team facing pressure to act responsibly |
| OWENS | Fresh rolls consumed by very big former athlete (5) |
| ENNIS | Dame Jessica ___-Hill, former athlete (5) |
| ALLAN | Mr Wells, former athlete (5) |
| SALLY | British former athlete who a won the 1992 Olympic gold , medal in the 400m hurdles, Gunnel (pictured) (5) |
| DAVID | Which former athlete. conducted the trackside interviews for RTE television at the Paris Olympics? (5,7) |
| UBOLT | Former athlete, losing sex appeal, in bar providing security (1-4) |
| BUCOLIC | Rustic tramp nearly gets abdominal pain |
| COE | Former athlete gets to manage ignoring pressure (3) |
| PRAISED | Lauded when pressure gets lifted (7) |
| PETRARCH | Poet's pressure gets one like Herod Antipas beheaded |
| PRELIM | Facing pressure, runner suffers setback in early round of contest |
| GOODSTRAIN | Strong pressure gets supplier on track |
| PREVAILINGWIND | Expected blow? Pressure gets Minister, feeling bad, to deviate |
