| NAOMIOSAKA | This tennis star represents Japan in the 2021 Olympics; by Japanese law she must relinquish U.S. citizenship to do so, but officials in Tokyo aren't pressing the issue |
| AMER | U.S. cit. |
| CAMRYN | In Harry's Law, she played Kim Mendelsohn: _ Manheim. |
| BASEBALL | Due to restrictions on pro players, Shohei Ohtani won't represent Japan as this sport returns to the Olympics after a 13-year hiatus |
| PATRAFTER | 2002's award was won by this tennis star; he won the US Open in 1997 and 1998 |
| EVONNEGOOLAGONG | 1971's award was given to this tennis star for winning Wimbledon that year; she won Wimbledon again in 1980 |
| STEALTHESHOW | Breaking the law, she's to attract most attention (5,3,4) |
| TWADDLE | Nonsense! The twit must relinquish it and go off |
| MILLINER | Daniil is this tennis star's first name. (8) |
| TSUSHIMA | Name of the archipelago off the coast of southeastern Japan in the Korea Strait. In 1905 a Russian fleet was defeated by Japan in a battle of the same name, which took place north of the islands. (8) |
| HOCKEY | Team ball game won at the 2004 Olympics by Australia in the men's event and Germany in the women's event (6) |
| HANDBALL | Seven-a-side sport won by France and Norway at the 2012 Olympics by the men's and women's teams resp |
| HUANGHUA | Chinese diplomat instrumental in normalising relations with the US and Japan in the latter half of the 20th century; Minister of Foreign Affairs 1976-83 (5,3) |
| MIKADO | Some understood a Kim Philby-type, in retrospect, had a powerful influence on Japan in the past (6) |
| SHOGUN | Multi SAG award-winning TV show set in Japan in the year 1600 (6) |
| BOYCOTTED | Like the 1980 Summer Olympics, by the U.S. |
| PARALLEL | -- bars was the men's gymnastics discipline won at the 1976 Olympics by Sawao Kato (8) |
| HARRI | Identify this tennis player who took a sabbatical for three years and did office job before returning to the professional circuit and went on to win the men's doubles title in Wimbledon 2024? (5) |
| HOPMANCUP | In 1989 Czechoslovakia become the first winner of this tennis event held in Perth, Western Australia |
| KATERINA | Identify this tennis player from Czech Republic who won the Australian Open women's doubles in 2025. (8) |
