| EMELI | Ms Sande, performed at the 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony (5) |
| SANDE | Emeli ___, British singer/ songwriter who sang Abide With Me at the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony (5) |
| MRBEAN | Character last seen at the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony |
| BOYLE | Danny, film director who masterminded the 2012 London Summer Olympics' opening ceremony (5) |
| NEVIN | Name the Mullingar boxer who won a silver medal at the 2012 Olympics. (5) |
| LORDS | London venue of the archery tournament at the 2012 Olympics (5) |
| SEINE | River of the 2024 Olympics opening ceremony (5) |
| LAURA | _ Robson, silver medallist in mixed doubles tennis at the 2012 Olympics (5) |
| LMFAO | Electronic dance music duo that performed at the 2012 Super Bowl halftime show |
| FLAGS | Banners waved at Olympics opening ceremonies |
| NAOMIOSAKA | Japanese tennis player who lit the cauldron at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics opening ceremony (5,5) |
| JESSYENORMAN | US opera singer who sang at the 1996 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in Atlanta and at the second inauguration of Bill Clinton a year later |
| PAULMCCARTNEY | Jet singer who performed in the 2012 London Summer Olympics opening ceremony: 2 wds. |
| TOMDALEY | Diver who was Team GB's flagbearer with Helen Glover at the 2024 Olympics opening ceremony (3,5) |
| YOKOONO | Poem reader at the 2006 Olympics opening ceremony |
| BRYANADAMS | Heaven singer who performed in the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics opening ceremony: 2 wds. |
| RULETHEWORLD | Song by Take That performed at the 2012 London Summer Olympics' closing ceremony (4,3,5) |
| ENNISHILL | Dame Jessica ----- ----, athlete who won gold at the 2012 Olympics (5-4) |
| ALLYSONFELIX | She won gold in the 200-meter dash at the 2012 Olympics |
| GBR | Home team at the 2012 Olympics, to the IOC |
