| EDWINMOSES | This American hurdler won gold in 1976 and 1984, but couldn't compete at the 1980 Games in Moscow owing to a U.S. boycott over the Afghan War |
| EDMOSES | Olympic 400m champion in 1976 and 1984, prevented by boycott from competing in 1980 |
| ROM | For whom the gymnast Nadia Comaneci won gold in 1976: Abbr. |
| ERIC | American Olympian who won five gold medals in speed skating at the 1980 Games in Lake Placid |
| HEIDEN | American Olympian who won five gold medals in speed skating at the 1980 Games in Lake Placid |
| OVERT | Steve ---, British athlete who won the 800m at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow (5) |
| MAMEDE | Portuguese runner Fernando ____ held the 10,000m world record for five years from 1984, but won no European or global championship medals |
| HAMILL | Dorothy ___ captured figure skating gold in 1976 (6) |
| BETAMAX | Which video-cassette system introduced in the 1970s couldn't compete with VHS? (7) |
| MOSCOW | The U.S. boycotted the 1980 Games in this city because the U.S.S.R. had invaded Afghanistan (6) |
| WASNO | ___ match for (couldn't compete with) |
| KARATE | Martial art practiced in "The ___ Kid" (1984) but not in "The ___ Kid" (2010) |
| MOSES | Edwin ---, American athlete who won gold in the 400m hurdles at the 1976 and 1984 Olympics (5) |
| WATERPOLO | Hungary has won more gold than any other country in this Summer Olympics sport but couldn't play in 1984 in L.A. during an Eastern Bloc boycott |
| CASSON | Director of architecture at the Festival of Britain who was elected president of the Royal Academy in 1976 and illustrated the Prince of Wales' The Old Man of Lochnagar (6) |
| DECATHLON | Olympic event won by Bruce Jenner in 1976 and Ashton Eaton in 2012 and 2016 |
| LOLO | American hurdler/bobsledder Jones who has competed in both the Summer and Winter Olympics |
| ROC | Under which name did Russian athletes compete at the recent Tokyo Olympics? (1,1,1) |
| APENNYMORENOT | Jeffrey Archer novel published in 1976 and the title of the 1990 television adaptation starring Ed A |
| SKI | Compete at the Winter Olympics, perhaps |
