| JOYNERKERSEE | The first Olympian to score more than 7,000 points in the heptathlon |
| DUSTY | - - - Hare, Leicester Tigers legend who scored more than 7,000 points (5) |
| HELLENE | First Olympian |
| IAN | Thorpey is an Olympian to the end (3) |
| HABANERA | Steps taken by prominent Olympian to circumvent key prohibition |
| ANAGRAM | "Olympian," to "palimony" |
| ANDYIRVINE | Scottish rugby union player, first to score more than 300 points in international rugby (4,6) |
| DIANA | Taurasi who was the first WNBA player to score more than 9,000 points |
| EIFFELTOWER | Arranged lower fee if taking time to deliver more than 7,000 tonnes of iron |
| EVE | MMORPG with more than 7,000 star systems to visit |
| LEWIS | Denise _, British winner of the gold medal in the heptathlon at the 2000 Olympic Games (5) |
| DENISELEWIS | British winner of the Olympic gold medal in the heptathlon in 2000 (6,5) |
| TENDULKAR | Only cricketer to score more Test runs than Tasmania's Ricky Ponting (9) |
| TAT | Sylvester, to Tweety Online subscriptions: Today's puzzle and more than 7,000 past puzzles, nytimes.com/crosswords ($39.95 a year). Read about and comment on each puzzle: nytimes.com/wordplay. |
| NOT | "What's ___ to like?" Online subscriptions: Today's puzzle and more than 7,000 past puzzles, nytimes.com/crosswords ($39.95 a year). Read about and comment on each puzzle: nytimes.com/wordplay. |
| GRACE | . ..... Clements, bronze medallist in the heptathlon at the 2010 Commonwealth Games (5) |
| ENNISHILL | Jessica --- ---, retired athlete who won gold in the heptathlon at the 2012 Olympic Games (5-4) |
| KERSEE | Jackie Joyner-___ (Olympian whose 1988 world record in the heptathlon still stands) |
| YAY | "Huzzah!" Online subscriptions: Today's puzzle and more than 7,000 past puzzles, nytimes.com/crosswords ($39.95 a year). Read about and comment on each puzzle: nytimes.com/wordplay. |
| ETC | And so on: Abbr. Online subscriptions: Today's puzzle and more than 7,000 past puzzles, nytimes.com/crosswords ($39.95 a year). Read about and comment on each puzzle: nytimes.com/wordplay. |
