| SHOTPUTTER | Run jerkily after wounded by gun of athlete (4,6) |
| CHURNS | Turns from cold to hot. Runs jerkily (6) |
| KNEE | Word after Wounded or trick |
| MARATHONER | Parvaneh Moayedi, who is this type of athlete, had her Guinness record revoked in 2019 after doubts surfaced that she'd run 168 races in one year |
| RUNNERBEAN | Pulse of athlete from Lima, for one (6,4) |
| FORERUNNER | Precursor in front of athlete (10) |
| GLITTERATI | Having kittens held by gun, one sees stars (10) |
| FLINTLOCKS | Groups of birds gather around minor international guns of yesteryear (10) |
| WOODPECKER | Bird would, I hear, creep jerkily around rear of oak (10) |
| SKITTERING | Moving jerkily across surface of poorly prepared rinks, get it? |
| HEAVYMETAL | The big guns of rock (5,5) |
| LEDERHOSEN | Traditional gear was in the van — the person driving starts off jerkily |
| SCRAPMETAL | Discard the guns of a warship that will go back in the meltingpot (5,5) |
| CAGEFIGHTER | Yana Santos, who is this type of athlete, returned to competition in 2017 after the birth of her daughter |
| AGATHA | Girl's expression of surprise, plugged by gun |
| STRICKEN | Afflicted by strain, covered by gun |
| WRESTLER | Before becoming mayor of Knox County, Tenn., in 2018, Glenn Thomas Jacobs was famous as this type of athlete under the name "Kane" |
| SPRINTER | Botswana won its first ever Olympic gold medal in Paris this summer; it was won by Letsile Tebogo, who is this type of athlete |
| UZI | Type of submachine gun of Israeli design (3) |
| STEN | British machine gun of WWII (Anagram of NETS) |
