| JIMTHORPE | Greatest athlete and sporting legend who starred in Treachery Rides the Range as Chief Red Smoke: 2 wds. |
| PINOTNOIR | Chief red grape variety used in champagne production, native to France's Burgundy region (5,4) |
| CAINE | Michael - - -, screen legend who starred in 2023's The Great Escaper and 15A, pictured left (5) |
| KATHERINE | Hollywood legend who starred in Bringing Up Baby (9,7) |
| HEPBURN | Hollywood legend who starred in Bringing Up Baby (9,7) |
| PEACEPIPE | Ceremonial smoke (2 wds.) |
| CHEROOT | Base seen underneath red smoke |
| INCENSE | Make one see red smoke |
| UPIN | Went ___ smoke: 2 wds. |
| NICHOLSON | Jack ___, film legend who starred opposite 6D in Anger Management (9) |
| DOUBLEJOINTED | You need to be this dexterous to smoke two at once? (6,7) |
| JESSEOWENS | American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games and is considered one of the greatest athletes ever: 2 wds. |
| NYCSUBWAY | Test subject #4 perceives A and C as blue, B and D as orange, 1 and 2 as red; maybe she rides the .. |
| GROSMORNE | This site is in Newfoundland and covers 458,000 acres (185,500 hectares) there. It includes mountains of the Long Range as well as beaches, forests, shifting dunes, and a tidal inlet. It was establish |
| TABASCO | Chilli pepper variety of the species Capsicum frutescens occupying the same range as cayenne on the Scoville heat scale (7) |
| DAVEGROHL | Grunge singer/drummer who was spotted yesterday in the Royal Box -- with his long hair tied back in a bun and sporting a pair of Gucci loafers (hey, they've got a dress code) |
| ETON | School in Berkshire with a tradition of the wall game and a unique system of house and sporting colours (4) |
| BANNISTER | British athlete and neurologist who, in May 1954, became the first person to run a mile in under four minutes (9) |
| HINES | US athlete and the first man to officially break the 10-second barrier in the 100 metres, Jim _ (5) |
| SERENA | Williams regarded by many as the greatest athlete of all time |
