| OUTDOORGAMES | Skipping and chasing gets gateway to Olympics (7,5) |
| PURSUIT | Calling and chasing after (7) |
| LEADTURNEDINTOGOLD | Winner sold pencils to get to Olympics, tabloid-style |
| DOURO | Harsh introduction to Olympics for European runner |
| LYDIARD | Legendary Kiwi coach guided Peter Snell, Murray Halberg to Olympics glory (7) |
| PORTCLEMENTS | British Columbia village called 'Haida Gwaii's Gateway to the Wilderness' |
| MECIR | Czech tennis player won men's singles gold medal when tennis returned to Olympics 1988 (5) |
| COWES | Home to the Royal Yacht Squadron and host of an annual regatta, port on the Medina considered the maritime gateway to the Isle of Wight (5) |
| NNW | The Gateway to the West to The Twin Cities dir. |
| PEARLY | The gateway to Heaven according to some Christian denominations, _ gates (6) |
| MESTRE | Mainland area of and gateway to Venice (6) |
| SKIPTON | 'Gateway to the Dales' has rubbish container to north (7) |
| BUMPERCARS | Those on a crash course on fair ground to race most of those in 24 across close to Olympics (6,4) |
| TROMSO | University city which is Norway's "gateway" to the Arctic; one of the best places to see the Northern Lights (6) |
| CONWY | Containing Britain's smallest house and forming a gateway to Snowdonia, a market town on the north coast of Wales guarded by a medieval castle (5) |
| OBAN | Derived from the Gaelic meaning "little bay", port town in Argyll and Bute known as the "Gateway to the Isles" (4) |
| HAWSES | Ship's parts stuck, to begin with, in a gateway to the Dales (6) |
| TEANAU | Town regarded as a gateway to Fiordland National Park and Milford Sound (2,4) |
| OMAHA | City on the Missouri River, founded in 1854 and known as the 'Gateway to the West' (5) |
| FORTSIMPSON | It is the only village in the Northwest Territories - and is known as the gateway to Nahanni National Park Reserve: 2 wds. |
