| RUDROFF | Michael, perennial German backmarker in 500 GPS who got a podium in the boycotted Misano 1989 race. (7) |
| GUSTAV | Herr Reiner, three-time German 500cc Champion who earned a single GP podium in the 350cc class. (6) |
| ROC | French-owned frame builders that competed in 500 GPS with yamaha engines. (3) |
| WELLS | Just after the boycotted 1980 Olympics, 100m winner Allan ____ beat the best Americans at a meeting in Koblenz |
| LOPEZ | Juan ___ Mella, the first Spanish rider to score a podium in World Superbike, who sadly lost his life on a road bike in 1995. (5) |
| BLUEFLAG | Award for ecofriendly beaches; or, a signal to a backmarker in F1 (4,4) |
| IAN | Mr Richards, joined Mike Hailwood on a podium in 1978. (3) |
| TRIBE | Moving into second place, backmarker in river race |
| RAFERJOHNSON | US track-and-field star who got a silver and a gold medal in the decathlon in consecutive Olympics: |
| SHOTPUT | Ryan Crouser, Joe Kovacs, and Tom Walsh took home the gold, silver, and bronze medals respectively at Tokyo 2020, in a podium finish repeat of their performances at Rio 2016. This is a first for an in |
| TIAGOMONTEIRO | Third place in the controversial 2005 US Grand Prix made ____ the only Portuguese Formula One driver with a podium finish |
| GITHRIE | Billy, Irish racer who took a podium at the last Isle of MAN TT to count towards the world championship. (7) |
| MEDDLING | Interfering on the podium in a vocal way (8) |
| OBEY | The subliminal instruction behind the politician's podium in They Live (4) |
| WELLPLACED | Spring on the podium in a good position (4-6) |
| NUDGE | When our daughter, who got a top education at the leading grammar in East Devon, started underachieving, we were worried -- but all she needed was a little push (5) |
| AUG | Mo. in 1964 when "A Hard Day's Night" premiered in 500 theaters |
| JANIE | Who's "got a gun" in a 1989 Aerosmith hit |
| RUPAULCHARLES | Drag Race host who got a Hollywood Walk of Fame star in March 2018: 2 wds. |
| BERLE | Milton who got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 |
