| JESSEOWENS | US athlete who won four medals at the 1936 Olympics, then had to ride the Waldorf-Astoria's freight |
| DUNCANSCOTT | Scotsman who won four medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics (6,5) |
| SHARRONDAVIES | British swimmer who won four medals at the 1978 Commonwealth Games |
| WADDELL | New Zealander who won rowing gold at Sydney Olympics, then competed in three America's Cups (7) |
| NATIONALANTHEMS | They play at Olympics, then in almost an extra final battle (8,7) |
| OWENS | US athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics, Jesse _ (5) |
| JESSE | US track-and-field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin (5) |
| EWRY | Ray ___, US athlete who won three gold medals in one day at the 1900 Paris Olympics (4) |
| MARIONJONES | US athlete who won three gold and two bronze medals at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, but was later stripped of them for steroid use (6,5) |
| CARL | US athlete who won gold in the long jump in every Olympic Games from 1984 to 1996 (4) |
| LEWIS | US athlete who won gold in the long jump in every Olympic Games from 1984 to 1996 (5) |
| ALVIN | Twin US athletes who won gold medals in the 2000 Olympics 400m relay, Calvin and ... Harrison |
| CUGAT | Bandleader Xavier who led the Waldorf-Astoria's orchestra for 16 years |
| BILES | Simone who has the top score in the floor and vault events at the Paris Olympics so far |
| ALOERTER | US athlete who won the men's Olympic discus in 1956, 1960, 1964 and 1968 (2,6) |
| ROOMS | The Waldorf-Astoria's 1,400 |
| PARKAVENUE | The Waldorf-Astoria's street |
| EDERLE | Gertrude ___, US athlete who became the first woman to swim the English Channel in 1926 (6) |
| EXPLODE | Marking the spot, loped about but then had to go off (7) |
| VEGETATE | Gave in to two aliens then had to lead a dull life (8) |
