| LASKI | The French runner who was a political scientist (5) |
| HUTCHINS | Canadian middle distance runner who was a national record holder in 1946, 1947, and 1951 |
| SKIFFLE | The French runner leads with very loud music |
| FORZA | ___ Italia was a political party led by Silvio Berlusconi. (5) |
| CORRIDORSOFPOWER | "The ____" was a political cliché coined by CP Snow in a novel, and the title of a later one |
| REPORTER | The character Tom Worland was a political _ in Party Tricks. |
| SNELL | New Zealand runner who was the last man to win gold medals in the 800m and 1500m at the same Olympics (5) |
| BOBBI | _ Gibb, US former runner who was the first woman to run the entire Boston Marathon (5) |
| FARAH | Somali-born British long-distance runner who was one of the London 2012 "Super Saturday" gold medallists with Jessica Ennis-Hill and Greg Rutherford (5) |
| KEELY | Runner who was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year for 2024, _ Hodgkinson (5) |
| NURMI | Paavo ___, runner who was nicknamed the "Flying Finn" |
| OWENS | Runner who was called "The Buckeye Bullet" |
| RHONE | It's right to sharpen up a French runner (5) |
| LOIRE | Left old cross behind by a French runner (5) |
| LUIGI | French runner left one in a tangle (5) |
| LAURA | _ Muir, British middle-distance runner who was 2018's 1500 metres European champion (5) |
| SEINE | French runner seconds in front of a German |
| ISERE | French runner lacking aspiration has arrived |
| BEANS | French, runner, broad or coffee |
| RICE | Condoleezza ___ (b 1954), political scientist who was the US Secretary of State (2005 2009) |
