| GRAINGER | Katherine ___ , British former Olympic rower appointed Chair of UK Sport in 2017 (8) |
| LINDSEYGRAHAM | US Republican politician appointed Chair of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary in 2019 (7,6) |
| CHRISTIE | Linford _, British former sprinter and Olympic gold medallist (8) |
| BETJEMAN | John ___, British former Poet Laureate noted for his 1937 poem Slough (8) |
| REDGRAVE | Surname of Olympic rower Sir Steve (8) |
| TUGOFWAR | Sport and former Olympic Game in which two teams compete or battle with a rope in a test of strength (3,2,3) |
| CHARLENE | Princess consort of Monaco, a South African former Olympic swimmer (8) |
| BRUNDAGE | Former Olympic V.I.P. |
| LENG | Virginia ---, British former Olympic medal-winning equestrian (4) |
| DENISE | ___ Lewis, British former Olympic athlete (6) |
| DANDO | Suzanne ..... , television presenter and British former Olympic gymnast (5) |
| HERBERT | Johnny ___ , British former Formula One driver who won the British Grand Prix in 1995 (7) |
| ATTLEE | Clement ___ , British former prime minister born in Putney in 1883 (6) |
| EDWARDS | Jonathan _, British former athlete who has held the world record for the triple jump since 1995 (7) |
| EUBANK | Chris ___, British former super middleweight boxer nicknamed Simply the Best (6) |
| DOHERTY | Reginald ___ British former tennis player with 3 gold and 1 bronze medal at the Olympics |
| TORVILL | Jayne _, British former ice skater who won a gold medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics (7) |
| STEVEREDGRAVE | Knighted Olympic rower (5,8) |
| COE | Which former Olympic champion became president of the International Association of Athletics Federations this year? (3) |
| SARA | _ Symington, former Olympic cyclist who was recently appointed British Athletics performance director (4) |
