| CENTIMETRE | Point in the middle distance (10) |
| YONDER | In the middle distance, the tree ... |
| FARANDNEAR | Everywhere but not in the middle distance? (3,3,4) |
| CENTRE | Part or point in the middle (6) |
| PEAK | A hairline that comes to a downwards point in the middle (6,4) |
| WIDOWS | A hairline that comes to a downwards point in the middle (6,4) |
| MIRACLE | A car reversed into the middle distance. It's a revelation (7) |
| STEVEOVETT | Middle-distance runner from England who won gold in 1980 at Moscow in the 800m (5,5) |
| THORN | Sharp point in the centre of muntjac antler |
| PAAVONURMI | Middle distance runner, nicknamed 'the Flying Finn', who won nine Olympic gold medals and set 22 world records (5,5) |
| METRICMILE | Another term for the 1500-metre middle-distance running event (6,4) |
| MILERICKEY | Middle-distance runner's drink? |
| MILLER | Middle-distance athlete grabs second place in Olympics ___ 7 in the 10/8 (6) |
| JOSHKERR | Scottish middle-distance runner who won gold in the world 1500 metres final in 2023 (4,4) |
| BANNISTER | British middle distance runner who broke the four-minute mile barrier in May 1954 (9) |
| ROGER | ___ Bannister British middle-distance athlete who ran the first sub-four minute mile in 1954 |
| SNELL | Peter, Olympic middle-distance runner, born in New Zealand in 1938 (5) |
| OVETT | British middle-distance runner who won the 800 metres gold at the 1980 Olympic Games (5,5) |
| SEBASTIANCOE | Former middle-distance runner elected president of the International Association of Athletics Federations in 2015 |
| HOLMES | Kelly, English former middle distance runner who won BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2004 (6) |
