| DALEYTHOMPSON | The only person born outside the USA to win the Olympic decathlon title twice in a row |
| WITHERSPOON | Tim ___, US boxer who held the world heavyweight title twice in the 1980s |
| BRUCEJENNER | Former name of the Olympic decathlon gold medalist featured on Wheaties boxes in 1977 and 2012: 2 wd |
| ABRAHAMS | First British athlete to win the Olympic 100 metres, a feat that was recounted in Chariots of Fire (8) |
| KAISERSLAUTERN | City in southwest Germany, in the Bundesland of Rhineland-Palatinate, that became the largest US garrison outside the United States in the late 1940s |
| RETTON | First American woman to win the Olympic all-around title in gymnastics |
| VICTOR | I see 5 Romans rot and it only took one of us to win! (6) |
| WHYTE | British boxer who has held the WBC interim heavyweight title twice, Dillian _ (5) |
| EUBANK | British boxer who held the WBA interim middle-weight title twice between 2015 and '21, Chris _ Jr (6) |
| ILLINOIS | A state in the Middle West of the USA, to the south and west of Lake Michigan |
| LEASELEND | Act (1941) allowing the USA to provide war materials, etc, to the Allies in the Second World War (5-4) |
| MARTINEZ | Pedro, the first AL pitcher to win the Cy Young unanimously twice in a row |
| BOBBIE | In 1924 this lost dog traveled more than 2,800 miles in the winter across the United States to return to its family. He was dubbed "the Wonder Dog." |
| SINCLAIR | The first author from the USA to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, _ Lewis (8) |
| ANDREWBONARLAW | The only British Prime Minister to have been born outside the British Isles (6,5,3) |
| OAHU | Birthplace of the only U.S. president born outside the contiguous 48 states |
| NONONSENSE | While practical, it's considered a faux pas for three out of four cardinals to meet twice in a row |
| LOVE | Who captained the USA to victory in the 2016 Ryder Cup? (4) |
| GOLDMAN | Emma ____, anarchist deported by the USA to the Soviet Union in 1919 |
| MINORIN | In the USA, to study as a subsidiary subject |
