| FLAGFOOTBALL | This event will debut at the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles; events will not be held in Angelenos' backyards |
| PETERUEBERROTH | This 2003 candidate was Time Magazine's Man of the Year in 1984 for organizing the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles |
| IOC | Org. concerned with 1984 Los Angeles event |
| INDOORS | Barbecue would not be held here - nor is do, strangely |
| KARATE | Martial art that will debut at the 2020 Olympics |
| BREAKDANCING | Sport which will debut at the 2024 Paris Olympics (12) |
| ACADEMYAWARDS | This event will hold its 100th edition in 2028 |
| THEWIZARD | With 31-Across: 1939 Hollywood classic that will debut at 14-Across on August 28th; the new version will remain faithful to the original, but with punched-up audio and visual effects |
| SQUASH | Racquet-and-ball sport set to make its debut at the Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028 (6) |
| USA | Country that will host the 2028 Summer Olympics: Abbr. |
| GREG | Who is the only male athlete to win diving gold medals in successive Olympics - in Los Angeles 1984 and in Seoul 1988? (4) |
| RUNNINGBAREFOOT | At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Ethiopia's Abebe Bikila won gold in the marathon in this unusual way |
| VELODROME | 2008 Olympics cycling events will be held in this newly-built facility at Laoshan |
| TAHITI | Island where surfing events will be held at the 2024 Olympics (only 10,000 miles away from Paris!) |
| CAROLLEWIS | Long jumper who represented America during the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles |
| EDWARDS | Jonathan, British athlete who won gold in the triple jump at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney (7) |
| JACOBS | Lamont Marcell, Italian sprinter who won gold in the 100 metres at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo (6) |
| ELIE | Mr. Blanchard who won gold for Canada in Lacrosse with the Winnipeg Shamrocks at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri |
| LOSANGELES | The 2028 Olympics will be held here. (3,7) |
| ADDINGTON | Swimmer who won two gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 400- and 800-metre freestyle (9) |
