| LONDONMARATHON | Long-running event taking place today (6,8) |
| STOW | Old English "place", today a word meaning to pack in a case, to stash in a boat, to put under hatches or to cram down one's throat (4) |
| MIDDLEDISTANCE | Change of end, it's claimed, around Dutch type of running event (6,8) |
| MARATHON | Improbable victory in long-running event (8) |
| TRACKMEET | Long- running event? |
| TENK | 62-mile-long running event |
| PROSPECT | Explore likelihood of event taking place |
| POLEVAULT | Event taking place in European burial chamber |
| DISCUSS | Argue about athletic event taking place on Sunday |
| WALKERCUP | Sport event taking place at St Andrews in September (6,3) |
| STAMPEDE | Event taking place in Calgary every July (8) |
| POPFESTIVAL | Musical event taking place over several days (3,8) |
| ISLANDGAMES | International sports event taking place in Orkney (6,5) |
| NOVA | Stellar event taking place in Marino Valley |
| OLYMPICGAMES | International multi-sport event taking place every fourth year (7,5) |
| SKIJUMP | Shigetaka Kurita's invention originally, bound to provide springboard for long-running event? |
| MARATHONS | Long running events? |
| TOTALSOLARECLIPSE | Event taking place across parts of North America on Monday, represented in four spots in this puzzle |
| CHANCE | Likelihood, or probability, of an event taking place, expressed as a fraction or percentage (6) |
| BIENNIALS | Events taking place every two years (9) |
