| REF | Person on a football field who isn't an athlete for short |
| STAT | Number for an athlete, for short |
| MEDAL | An inscriptive, commemorative piece of metal awarded as a distinction to a soldier, a scholar, an athlete for proficiency |
| RUNUP | An approach made by an athlete for a long jump or pole vault (3-2) |
| LAYMAN | A manly sort of person who isn't an expert |
| NIGHTOWL | Person who isn't an early bird |
| PED | No-no for an Olympic athlete, for short |
| PRO | Athlete who isn't an amateur |
| RATING | Sailor who isn't an officer (6) (6) |
| NYJET | A.F.C. East athlete, for short |
| BABE | ___ Didrikson Zaharias, Olympic gold medalist in track and field who went on to win 10 L.P.G.A. major championships |
| ESAU | 'A cunning hunter, a man of the field' who according to Genesis 25 sold his birthright to his brother Jacob (4) |
| REFS | Ones on the field who aren't team players? |
| SHAQ | "You Can't Stop the Reign" singer and athlete, for short |
| ACLS | Parts of knees that are often at risk for athletes, for short |
| ASPIDISTRA | What houseplant is associated with Gracie Fields, who sang a song about a big one? (10) |
| CORR | News reporter out in the field who is right? [abbr.] |
| SALLY | Field, who played Mrs. Gump in Forrest Gump |
| KIM | Fields who played Tootie on "The Facts of Life" |
| TOTIE | Funny Fields who was a Sullivan-show regular |
