| ILEANA | Identify the surname of this athlete who led the Refugee Paralympic Team at the 2020 Summer Paralympics as Chef de Mission. (6) |
| KLAEBO | Identify the surname of this athlete who won a historic ninth gold at the Winter Olympics during the 25th edition Olympics held in Italy. (6) |
| HANDBALL | Seven-aside sport won by both the French men's and women's teams at the 2020 Olympics (8) |
| USA | Anastasia Pagonis' Paralympic team |
| HULKHOGAN | WrestleMania, an annual event, is now 40 Years old; this athlete, who frequently headlined the event, died July 24 at 71 |
| PRE | In the '90s, both Billy Crudup & Jared Leto played this athlete, who died young (abbr.). |
| UNICEF | Org. established in response to the refugee crisis that followed the Second World War |
| ASYLUMSEEKER | Is looking for a new passport for the refugee leaving one country for another (6,6) |
| FUG | Bad atmosphere in the refugee centre (3) |
| JACOBS | Lamont Marcell, Italian sprinter who won gold in the 100 metres at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo (6) |
| SABBATINI | Rory, golfer who won the silver medal for Slovakia at the 2020 Summer Olympics (9) |
| OSAKA | Naomi who lit the cauldron at the 2020 Summer Olympics |
| BENNY | Identify the surname of the former Indian player who was the manager of the Indian football team at the 2010 Asian Games Guangzhou, China. (5) |
| FRENCH | Kate, British modern pentathlete who won gold at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo (6) |
| MIXEDRELAY | Team track athletics event introduced at the 2020 Summer Olympics (5,5) |
| THEMEMUSIC | When other team at the end of the game score, they play this at the start of Match of the Day (5,5) |
| GREG | Identify the first name of the coach of the Indian men's cricket team at the 2007 ODI World Cup? (4) |
| TOKYO | Host city of the 2020 Summer Olympics, now scheduled for July and August of 2021 (5) |
| JAPAN | Country that hosted the 1998 Winter Olympics and will host the 2020 Summer Olympics |
| CHINA | Only country to finish top three in gold medals at both the 2020 Summer and 2022 Winter Olympics |
