| OHURUOGU | Surname of the British track athlete sisters Christine and Victoria (8) |
| THOMPSON | Pullein--; surname of the sisters Christine, Diana and Josephine who, between them, wrote more than 150 popular pony books for children (8) |
| BANSHEES | Siouxsie and the ---, group that had hits with Christine and Hong Kong Garden (8) |
| SPLINTER | Track athlete, having left for a run, a little bit shattered? |
| EXPENSES | Overheads incurred by track athletes? (7,8) |
| STEVE | British track athlete who won the men's 800 metres at the Moscow Olympic Games in 1980 (5,5) |
| OVETT | British track athlete who won the men's 800 metres at the Moscow Olympic Games in 1980 (5,5) |
| NAPIER | Surname of the British conqueror of Sindh, and of the mathematician who originated the concept of logarithms (6) |
| HURDLERS | Track athletes (8) |
| JOPAVEY | Long-distance runner who is the first British track athlete to have competed at five Olympics (2,5) |
| KNOXJOHNSTON | Surname of the British sailor who was the first person to perform a single-handed, nonstop circumnavigation of the globe (4-8) |
| HILL | Surname of the British father and son who have won the world Formula One championship. (4) |
| OATES | Surname of the British Antarctic explorer who accompanied Scott to the South Pole and died "a very gallant gentleman" (5) |
| DODGSON | Surname of the British author who used the pen name Lewis Carroll (7) |
| INGE | Surname of the British churchman known as "the gloomy dean" (4) |
| HELOISE | _ Letissier, real name of Christine and the Queens (7) |
| BRASHER | Chris ---, British track and field athlete who co-founded the London Marathon (7) |
| BLAIR | Surname of the British entertainer born Henry Ogus in 1928 (5) |
| ASHTON | Surname of the British ballet choreographer Sir Frederick (6) |
| MCKENNA | Surname of the British actress who starred in Born Free |
