| SCARLETRUNNER | Climber and athlete who's red in the face? |
| ADE | _ Adepitan, journalist and athlete who uses a wheelchair (3) |
| GARIBALDI | Patriot who red-flannelled followers unified Italy in the 1860s (9) |
| MELBOURNE | At the closing ceremony of the 1956 Olympics, the traditional parade of national teams was discarded for the first time, and athletes were allowed to mingle as they moved around the stadium. This was |
| RUDDIER | The more impolite about Di, the more red in the face (7) |
| SHAQ | "You Can't Stop the Reign" singer and athlete, for short |
| ASHE | Athlete who's the subject of the photo book "Daddy and Me" |
| UPSTARTS | Social climbers, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have |
| SUNLAMPS | Paper contacts the foreign police in barracks - some will be red in the face lying under these structures (8) |
| ABLUSH | Drunk rating at the front red in the face (6) |
| FEELBASHFUL | Get red in the face and shy away, maybe |
| BLUSHED | Went red in the face when lush found in bed (7) |
| MOFARAH | Second rousing cheer enveloping sports body and athlete (2,5) |
| HYSTERECTOMY | Operation fixes my other cyst and athlete's foot (12) |
| ALEX | _ Honnold, US rock climber and focus of the 2018 documentary Free Solo (4) |
| PYM | A distinctive rocky outcrop, ___ ___, at the edge of the Kinder Plateau, High Peak, is a popular landmark for climbers and walkers (3,5) |
| CHAIR | A distinctive rocky outcrop, ___ ___, at the edge of the Kinder Plateau, High Peak, is a popular landmark for climbers and walkers (3,5) |
| TREEFROG | Lumber round rocks with climber and swimmer (4,4) |
| BANNISTER | On radio, one supports climber and runner (9) |
| CROFT | Canadian rock climber and mountaineer |
