| MMII | When the Salt Lake City Olympics took place |
| SOCHI | Where the 2014 Winter Olympics took place |
| PARIS | Where the Summer Olympics took place this year |
| ECCLES | Rice-___ Stadium (setting of the ceremonies for the Salt Lake City Olympics) |
| NSYNC | Anthem singers at the closing ceremony of the Salt Lake City Olympics |
| KWAN | Michelle who memorably skated to Sting's "Fields of Gold" at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics |
| FIGURESKATING | Controversial Salt Lake city Olympics event (6,7) |
| UTAH | A little hat Ursula picked up in the Salt Lake City state (4) |
| AAA | Baseball level with such teams as the Salt Lake Bees and the Albuquerque Isotopes |
| UTE | Language that may disappear by 2025, according to the Salt Lake Tribune |
| DOMED | Like the Salt Lake Tabernacle |
| ORO | Top prize at the Mexico City Olympics |
| ERTER | Gold medalist at the Melbourne, Rome, Tokyo, and Mexico City Olympics |
| JAGUAR | Mascot of the Mexico City Olympics |
| OROS | Mexico City Olympics awards |
| RD | Aussie men's 800m track gold medallist 1968 Mexico City Olympics, initials (2) |
| TONICADEBAMBARA | Author who wrote, "The dream is real, my friends. The failure to make it work is the unreality," in "The Salt Eaters" |
| NARRATING | Managed to overturn the salt when telling the tale |
| THRUSH | The bird could hurry after the last of the salt fish (6) |
| BARGE | A flat-bottomed canal boat used for freight transport; the name of The Salt ___, at Marston, Northwich, reflects the region's mineral-producing heritage (5) |
