| MUCHWENLOCK | Shropshire village whose sports were an inspiration for the modern Olympic Games (4,7) |
| MUSE | Term for one of the Greek goddesses who were an inspiration for creative people |
| ZOOLOGIST | An animal scientist, such as Ernst Haeckel, whose illustrations were an inspiration for art nouveau (9) |
| DECOUBERTIN | Pierre --- ---, French founder of the modern Olympic Games (2,9) |
| WINTERDANCE | Non-fiction book written by Gary Paulsen which is an inspiration for the Disney movie Snow Dogs |
| BOXING | The modern rules for this sport were based on the code drawn up by John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess |
| FOUR | The modern Olympic Games are usually held every how many years (4) |
| ARACHHNE | Mythological character who served as an inspiration for the musical 'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark' |
| VLAD | ___ the Impaler, voivide of Wallachia who was an inspiration for the character Count Dracula |
| ATHENS | The first modern Olympic Games were held in 1896 in which city? (6) |
| PASCAL | "By space the universe embraces me and swallows me up like an atom, by thought I embrace the universe." He was a French mathematician who laid the foundation for the modern theory of probabilities. Wh |
| HELSINKI | Host city of the 12th modern Olympic Games, held in 1952 (8) |
| GREECE | Country which hosted the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 (6) |
| DISCUS | Event at both the ancient and modern Olympic Games |
| ATHENSGREECE | Site of the first modern Olympic Games, launched 125 years ago Tuesday (April 6, 1896) |
| AUSTRALIA | Greece and which other country have participated in every modern Olympic Games? (9) |
| MOON | The largest satellite orbiting the Earth? It's an inspiration for a werewolf (4) |
| DITCHLING | East Sussex village whose Beacon is one of the highest points on the South Downs (9) |
| TIDESWELL | Derbyshire village whose largest church is known as the "Cathedral of the Peak" (9) |
| PARASOL | A sun-shade is your clue to the identity of the ___ Store, a clothing and accessories shop for the modern traveller, founded in Alderley Edge in 2016 (7) |
