| ANDREAGASSI | Tennis player who earned a career Grand Slam and cofounded the Athletes for Hope charity-education organization: 2 wds. |
| STEFFIGRAF | Tennis player who is the only player (man or woman) to win a Grand Slam and Olympic gold medal in on |
| HEAT | Enter the athletes for part of the race (4) |
| ASHE | US tennis player who won three grand slams and retired in 1980, Arthur - (4) |
| OPEC | Oil producers' part of faith, hope, charity (4) |
| MEADS | Colin, New Zealand rugby union player who earned the first of his 55 caps in 1957 (5) |
| WADDLE | Chris _; football player who earned 62 caps for England (6) |
| WILSON | Kyren _, English snooker player who earned his first world title in 2024 (6) |
| NAVRATILOVA | The longest surname of any tennis player with a career grand slam in singles |
| AGASSI | Tennis player who won a Career Grand Slam |
| MARIOLEMIEUX | Pittsburgh Penguins star who cofounded Athletes for Hope: 2 wds. |
| CALRIPKENJR | Baltimore Orioles legend who cofounded Athletes for Hope: 3 wds. |
| MIAHAMM | Soccer great who co-founded Athletes for Hope |
| PLAYER | Gary ____ is the only non-American male golfer to achieve a career grand slam |
| MIA | Athletes for Hope co- founder Hamm |
| SUPERBOWL | Event that could feature any of the athletes found in five squares in this puzzle ... and a Feb. 9, 2025, event featuring the athletes spelled out in the first letters of five Across entries and then |
| BARBARA | Romantic novelist who earned a place in the Guinness Book of Records for writing 26 books in 1983 (7,8) |
| CARTLAND | Romantic novelist who earned a place in the Guinness Book of Records for writing 26 books in 1983 (7,8) |
| LEEMARVIN | "The Dirty Dozen" actor who earned a Purple Heart in the Second World War |
| ELANAMEYER | Who earned a silver medal for South Africa in the women's 10,000 m in 1992? |
