| BOBBI | _ Gibb, US former runner who was the first woman to run the entire Boston Marathon (5) |
| GIBB | Bobbi who was the first woman to run the entire Boston Marathon |
| SNELL | New Zealand runner who was the last man to win gold medals in the 800m and 1500m at the same Olympics (5) |
| GRETE | ..... Waitz, first woman to run the marathon in under two and a half hours (5) |
| TROTT | Warm up the woman to run on time for former EastEnder played by Cheryl Fergison (7,5) |
| KEELY | Runner who was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year for 2024, _ Hodgkinson (5) |
| FARAH | Somali-born British long-distance runner who was one of the London 2012 "Super Saturday" gold medallists with Jessica Ennis-Hill and Greg Rutherford (5) |
| LASKI | The French runner who was a political scientist (5) |
| LAURA | _ Muir, British middle-distance runner who was 2018's 1500 metres European champion (5) |
| COVET | Hunger after former runner eats very thriftily to begin with (5) |
| NURMI | Paavo ___, runner who was nicknamed the "Flying Finn" |
| OWENS | Runner who was called "The Buckeye Bullet" |
| EVERT | US former tennis player who won 18 Grand Slam singles championships, Chris (5) |
| ROBIN | Brothers Barry, Maurice and ___ Gibb formed the Bee Gees. (5) |
| USAIN | ___ Bolt, Jamaican former runner (5) |
| REGIS | John ___, the first British athlete to run the 200m in under 20 seconds |
| ELLEN | US former chat show host who had her own sitcom, _ DeGeneres (5) |
| MAGIC | Nickname of US former professional basketball player Earvin Johnson Jr (b. 1959) (5) |
| CHAIR | Where to sit to run the meeting? (5) |
| OPRAH | US former chat show host, ___ Winfrey (5) |
