| FORTHEHIGHJUMP | Sure to be punished at the Olympics? (3,3,4,4) |
| GETOFFSCOTFREE | Won't be punished at all |
| STANDIN | With 55-Across, be punished at school, old-style ... and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| GETITINTHENECK | Surrender to Batman and be punished severely? (3,2,2,3,4) |
| HEWONABRAHMSMEDAL | What the composer did at the Olympics? |
| FORTHE | About to be punished - a reason to raise the bar? (3,3,4,4) |
| HIGHJUMP | About to be punished - a reason to raise the bar? (3,3,4,4) |
| RUNFORIT | Conduct liable to be punished - attempt to escape |
| ISINFORIT | See one commit crime to obtain object - he's bound to be punished |
| POLEVAULTER | One who gets high at the Olympics? |
| AXEL | One's turn at the Olympics? |
| TRAMPOLINISTS | Bouncers seen at the Olympics? (13) |
| AGEOFGOLD | Fabulous time when we were so successful at the Olympics? (3,2,4) |
| GETTINGOLD | Takin' first place at the Olympics? |
| ATHLETESFOOTAGE | Film shot at the Olympics? |
| RINGS | High five at the Olympics? |
| SPEEDO | Limited coverage provider at the Olympics? |
| EPEE | Pointless event at the Olympics? |
| FIGURESKATER | One having an ice time at the Olympics? |
| TARTARUS | Region of Hades where the guilty among mankind were supposed to be punished (8) |