| POTAGE | In retrospect, for example, even Ian Thorpe in the soup (6) |
| CLUE | This, for example, evens out culture (4) |
| BURTLANCASTER | Actor who played baseball's Jim Thorpe in the 1951 biopic Jim Thorpe - All-American: 2 wds. |
| BATCHELOR | Actor who was Andy "Charge" Thorpe in the series Sea Patrol: John _. |
| SHORTANDSWEET | Tiny bit of evidence in retrospect for rich brief (5,3,5) |
| GECKO | Odd parts of Greece fine in retrospect for reptile (5) |
| FIRSTWORLDWAR | Richest countries unprepared in retrospect for conflict |
| SYDNEY | Hugh Jackman, Rebel Wilson and Ian Thorpe were born where? (6) |
| DNANATION | Ian Thorpe tracked our beginnings in this (3,6) |
| AUS | Ian Thorpe's nation, in Olympic country codes |
| CARUSO | 1951 Richard Thorpe film starring Mario Lanza in the title role (3,5,6) |
| FREESTYLE | Olympic medal winning stroke of swimmers Dawn Fraser, Aleksandr Popov and Ian Thorpe |
| FROST | Ian Thorpe's first coach, Doug ... (5) |
| TOPICAL | Current odds for Thorpe in crawl (7) |
| AZTECS | Billy Thorpe and the -, 1960s/'70s Australian rock group (6) |
| SWAM | What Ian Thorpe did |
| SWIMMER | Ian Thorpe, Susie O'Neill, eg |
| BRILLIANT | Great swimmer Ian Thorpe's first |
| GRANT | Actor whose roles include Daniel Cleaver in Bridget Jones's Diary and Jeremy Thorpe in A Very English Scandal (5) |
| GEE | Prunella ?, actress whose roles have included Miranda Thorpe in ITV sitcom Constant Hot Water (3) |
