| EMELI | Part of theme librettist hid from Ms Sande, who sang at the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony (5) |
| EMELISANDE | Scottish vocalist who sang at the 2012 Olympic opening and closing ceremonies |
| INSTEPS | Popular measures applied as part of theme? |
| SANDE | Emeli ___, British singer/ songwriter who sang Abide With Me at the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony (5) |
| NIKKI | 13-year-old who sang at the 2000 Olympic Opening Ceremony, ... Webster (5) |
| BOYLE | Danny, film director who masterminded the 2012 London Summer Olympics' opening ceremony (5) |
| DINAH | Shore who sang at the Opry |
| NSYNC | Boy band who sang at the 2001 Super Bowl |
| LAMAR | Kendrick who sang at the Super Bowl halftime show |
| ANDRA | Day who sang at the Super Bowl last month |
| USWNT | Competitors who reached the knockout stage in the World Cup this month before being eliminated, for short; their full name is formed by the first words of theme entries |
| SEINE | River of the 2024 Olympics opening ceremony (5) |
| IWANT | You're __ that __; what John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John sang at the end of Grease (3,3,1,4) |
| DORIC | The old Greek language heard from Ms. Day? (5) |
| FLORA | A popular spread from Ms MacDonald the Skye heroine (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 |
| HINDU | How the peacekeepers hid from an Indian (5) |
| APHID | Father turned and hid from a pest in the garden (5) |
| SCOTT | ___ Drinkwell, sang at the Chester election (5) |
| EVADE | Stay away from Ms Peron - Ed has to come back (5) |
