| PIRIE | Gordon ____ of South London Harriers lost famous battles with Vladimir Kuts in the 5,000m and 10,000m at the 1956 Olympics |
| HASTINGS | Night SAS lost famous battle |
| FARAH | Who is the current world and Olympic champion in the 5,000m and 10,000m? (5) |
| SIFANHASSAN | Ethiopian-born Dutch athlete who won gold medals in the 5,000m and 10,000m at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics (5,6) |
| MCCRAE | Gordon ___ of Oklahoma! |
| LIDDY | G. Gordon ___ of Watergate fame |
| RAINFORESTS | Toucans live in the tropical ___ of South America |
| MANDELA | Nelson ____ of South Africa |
| CIRCUS | Show performed in a big top; Roman version of the hippodrome; a ring of houses such as that in Bath; or, the genus of the harriers (6) |
| KENNINGTON | Part of south London where south is north in part of north London |
| ESTRAGON | With Vladimir, one of the two main characters in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot |
| EMILZATOPEK | Who created an Olympic first by winning the gold medal in 5,000 and 10,000 metres and also the marathon at the 1952 Helsinki Games? (4,7) |
| ARKROYAL | Flagship of the English fleet in 1588 battles with the Spanish Armada (3,5) |
| EMIL | ___ Zatopek, the only person to win the 5,000m, 10,000m and marathon at the same Olympic Games (4) |
| LASSE | Who did the "double-double" by winning the 5,000 and 10,000 metres gold medals, at the 1972 Munich and 1976 Montreal Olympics? (5) |
| VIREN | Who did the "double-double" by winning the 5,000 and 10,000 metres gold medals, at the 1972 Munich and 1976 Montreal Olympics? (5) |
| GODIVA | Members of Coventry ____ Harriers finished second and fourth in the 1964 Olympic marathon |
| REDKITE | Bird of prey in the family that includes buzzards, eagles, harriers and hawks (3,4) |
| YEN | Currency with notes in denominations of 1,000, 5,000 and 10,000 |
| VAUXHALL | Area of South London within the London Borough of Lambeth (8) |
