| MARATHONER | Parvaneh Moayedi, who is this type of athlete, had her Guinness record revoked in 2019 after doubts surfaced that she'd run 168 races in one year |
| OVETT | Which athlete had a famous rivalry with fellow Englishman Sebastian Coe? (5) |
| CAGEFIGHTER | Yana Santos, who is this type of athlete, returned to competition in 2017 after the birth of her daughter |
| SPRINTER | Botswana won its first ever Olympic gold medal in Paris this summer; it was won by Letsile Tebogo, who is this type of athlete |
| THIRTYONE | On Jan. 16, Guinness World Records suspended the World's Oldest Dog record set by Bobi, a Portuguese hound, after doubts surfaced about his age at death; it was claimed to be this many years |
| DOORKNOB | Handle boron OK in new format after doubts initially |
| JAZZCELLIST | The 2022 MacArthur "genius grant" winners were announced on Oct. 12; Tomeka Reid, who is this type of musician, "draws from a range of musical traditions," per the award announcement |
| SCIENTIFIC | One wearing perfume, I see, after doubt concerning lab tests? (10) |
| WRESTLER | Before becoming mayor of Knox County, Tenn., in 2018, Glenn Thomas Jacobs was famous as this type of athlete under the name "Kane" |
| FRIEDRICE | In 2015, Yangzhou, China, was denied a Guinness record for the largest preparation of this food, about 9,200 lbs., after it was discovered that some of it had gone uneaten, contravening record rules |
| HOULI | Richmond backman who gained his first All-Australian selection in 2019 after 13 seasons in AFL (5) |
| BOBLEY | ESPN personality who retired in 2019 after being with the network since its inception in 1979 |
| SKIJUMPER | Norway's Stein Gruben, this type of athlete, flew 70 meters carrying the lit torch into Lillehammer's stadium at the 1994 Winter Games |
| DANCER | George Sampson, who won BGT in 2008, is this type of performer (6) |
| THEDRINKER | This Banksy statue, a humorous riff on Rodin, was pulled from auction in 2019 after a previous owner claimed it had been stolen from him |
| ANDY | ___ Murray British tennis player who made a comeback in 2019 after undergoing a major hip surgery |
| PHILJAGIELKA | Fomer England defender who returned to Sheffield United in 2019 after 12 years at Everton |
| INSTAGRAM | Social media app Jennifer Aniston 'broke' in 2019 after gaining a million followers in five hours (9) |
| REINDEER | Sven in the 2013 animated film Frozen is this type of animal (8) |
| HISTORIAN | Lucy Worsley, who presented the quiz show Puzzling, is this type of expert (9) |
