| GYMNASTICS | Sport in which Larisa Latynina of the Soviet Union won 18 Olympic medals, including 9 golds, between 1956 and 1964 |
| LATYNINA | Larisa ___, gymnast who won 18 Olympic medals in the 1950s and 1960s (8) |
| ROWING | Sport in which New Zealand has won 29 Olympic medals, including 14 golds (6) |
| ALLYSONFELIX | American track athlete who won 11 Olympic medals, including gold in the 200m at London 2012 (7,5) |
| LEWIS | American track and field athlete Carl ___ won 9 golds at the Olympics, and he was also the first person since 7 Down to win the 100m, 200m, long jump, and 4x100m events at the same Games, the 1988 Seo |
| NURMI | Known as the "Flying Finn", Paavo ___ was a distance-running great who won 9 gold and 3 silver medals in his 12 events at the Summer Olympics |
| PHELPS | This swimmer is the most decorated athlete in Olympic history with 28 medals, including a record 23 gold medals |
| IANSTARK | Scottish rider who won four Olympic silver medals, including the individual silver medal for eventing at the 1988 games |
| ALDERMAN | Terry ___, Australian bowler who took 42 Test wickets, including nine on his debut, in the Ashes series in England in 1981 |
| ESCLANDRE | Notoriety one's clan dreamt of including (9) |
| LESTERPIGGOTT | English jockey popularly known as 'The Long Fellow' who had 4,493 career wins, including nine Derby victories |
| BIANCA | ___ Stratford, character played by Larisa Oleynik in 10 Things I Hate About You (6) |
| OLEYNIK | Played Bianca in 1999's 10 Things I Hate About You, Larisa - (7) |
| COLOGNA | 2010-18 Olympic men's cross-country skiing 15km gold medallist (5,7) (see 7A) |
| DARIO | 2010-18 Olympic men's cross-country skiing 15km gold medallist (5,7) (see 14A) |
| STORAGE | Space to stash gold between the boards (7) |
| INVOLVING | Embodying, having or including (9) |
| EMBRACING | Including (9) |
| INCLUSIVE | Including (9) |
| UNIVERSIDAD | ___ de Chile, Santiago-based club that has won 18 Primera Division titles in Chile |