| CANOEING | Water sport, first held at the Olympic Games in 1936 (8) |
| EMMYS | Annual event first held at the Hollywood Athletic Club |
| WATERPOLO | Olympic sport first held on the Seine in 1900 |
| ABUDHABI | Grand Prix first held at theYasMarina Circuit in 2009 (3,5) |
| IDEALHOME | Exhibition devised by the Daily Mail, first held at Olympia in 1908 (5,4) |
| NATTRASS | First Canadian woman to compete in trapshooting in the Olympic Games in 1976 in Montreal |
| SKIRACES | Clip of the funny business by the Irish and English witnessed at the Olympic Games (3,5) |
| SIXSMITH | Jane ........ , GB hockey player at the Olympic Games 1988-2000 (8) |
| HELSINKI | City that hosted the Olympic Games in 1952 (8) |
| MONTREAL | This city hosted the Olympic Games in 1976 |
| OMNIUM | A multiple race event in track cycling, first featured at the Olympic Games in 2012 |
| DONBUDGE | US tennis player who achieved the sport's first grand slam, in 1938 (3,5) |
| BASEBALL | Sport first televised 80 yrs ago (8) |
| COMANECI | Romanian-born US gymnast awarded the first perfect 10 at an Olympic Games in 1976 (5,8) |
| KARATE | Martial art that has featured once at the Olympic Games, in 2021 (6) |
| ROPE | Rhythmic gymnastics apparatus that last featured at the Olympic Games in 2008 (4) |
| EVENSONG | Anglican service held at the end of the day (8) |
| SUNDANCE | Film festival held at the ski resort of Park City, Utah (8) |
| WITHDRAW | Scratch card held at the edges, unprocessed |
| JAZZFEST | Annual music celebration held at the Fair Grounds Race Course |
