| SELES | Monica the athlete |
| RODIN | Sculptor whose works include The Thinker, The Kiss, The Athlete, The Age of Bronze, Eve and The Gate |
| HEAT | The athlete in the race? Quite the opposite (4) |
| AIRSTHEIRDIRTYLAUNDRY | The athlete in the locker room ... |
| GREATTIME | Enjoyment the athlete who broke the record had? |
| HAVENOTIMEFOR | The stopwatch malfunctioned for the athlete - but don't like him anyway (4,2,4,3) |
| ADAMS | Astronomer and mathematician who co-discovered Neptune; or, the athlete, who in 2012, became the first woman to win an Olympic boxing title (5) |
| RUNNINGCOSTS | The price the athlete has to pay? (7,5) |
| SETH | First name of the athlete with the Instagram handle @sdotcurry |
| JUMPER | The athlete who is top |
| EAT | The athlete has to have food |
| HEATH | Ledger too much for the athlete (5) |
| ISRAELI | Nationality of the athletes targeted by the terrorist group Black September at the 1972 Munich Olymp |
| RACY | The sort of prose for describing the athletes on the track? (4) |
| SUPERBOWL | Event that could feature any of the athletes found in five squares in this puzzle ... and a Feb. 9, 2025, event featuring the athletes spelled out in the first letters of five Across entries and then |
| NUDE | Like the athletes in the ancient Olympics |
| SHOTPUT | Track and field event in which the athlete hurls a metal ball: 2 wds. |
| SKI | Winter sport in which the athlete launches off a ramp after a steep descent, ... jumping |
| AGILE | Describing the athlete as one kept in by a broken leg (5) |
| RUNNERUP | The athlete is out of bed; he came second (6-2) |
