| Athlete honored on a 2005 postage stamp | 39 |
| Athlete hoping not to be thrown out | 35 |
| Athlete in a crash helmet | 25 |
| Athlete in a crease | 19 |
| Athlete in a shell | 18 |
| Athlete in blue | 15 |
| Athlete in the majors | 21 |
| Athlete in the Nike ad "Re2pect" | 42 |
| Athlete Jesse | 13 |
| Athlete Jim | 11 |
| Athlete Jim whose Native American name was Wa-Tho-Huk | 53 |
| Athlete John who was the only person to play professionally with Bill Russell and Jim Brown | 91 |
| Athlete lead-in | 15 |
| Athlete like "Magic" | 30 |
| Athlete Mandlikova | 18 |
| Athlete married to baseball's Garciaparra | 45 |
| Athlete more likely to take second than third? | 46 |
| Athlete named a U.N. Messenger of Peace | 39 |
| Athlete Nastase | 15 |
| Athlete nicknamed "O Rei" | 35 |
| Athlete nicknamed "The Big Easy" | 42 |
| Athlete nicknamed "The Black Mamba" | 45 |
| Athlete nicknamed "The Punisher" | 42 |
| Athlete of the century in some polls | 36 |
| Athlete of the Century Jim | 26 |
| Athlete of the Year awarder: Abbr. | 34 |
| Athlete on a 2005 U.S. postage stamp | 36 |
| Athlete on a mat | 16 |
| Athlete on a rink | 17 |
| Athlete on the reality show "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" | 71 |
| Athlete on the rise? | 20 |
| Athlete seated at a table, maybe | 32 |
| ATHLETE SERENA | 14 |
| Athlete sponsored by Subway | 27 |
| Athlete stripped of a 1994 national title | 41 |
| Athlete Thorpe | 14 |
| Athlete trying to pass the bar? | 31 |
| Athlete turned North Korean diplomat | 36 |
| Athlete turned politician | 25 |
| Athlete under a dome | 20 |
| Athlete wearing a calligraphic "D" logo | 49 |
| Athlete who battled apartheid | 29 |
| Athlete who blows the big game | 30 |
| Athlete who broke the four-minute mile | 38 |
| Athlete who consumes too much trail mix? | 40 |
| Athlete who has paintings of himself as a centaur hanging over his bed | 70 |
| Athlete who has pigged out on snacks at a bar? | 46 |
| Athlete who isn't green? | 28 |
| Athlete who once got his kicks | 30 |
| Athlete who plays for Mark Cuban, for short | 43 |
| Athlete who plays for pay | 25 |
| Athlete who posthumously won the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1993 | 68 |
| Athlete who said: "I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments" | 93 |
| Athlete who sells a line of Big Easy wines | 42 |
| Athlete who shot himself in 2008, familiarly | 44 |
| Athlete who skates at Edmonton's Rexall Place | 49 |
| Athlete who started a clothing company in 1933 | 46 |
| Athlete who walked a lot | 24 |
| Athlete who was friends with Malcolm X | 38 |
| Athlete who won the 1978 International Peace Award | 50 |
| Athlete who wrote "A Hard Road to Glory" | 50 |
| Athlete who wrote "Getting a Grip" | 44 |
| Athlete who wrote "My Game" | 37 |
| Athlete who wrote "Off the Court" | 43 |
| Athlete who wrote the children's book "Daddy and Me" | 66 |
| Athlete who's been #1 on the Forbes China Celebrity 100 list six years in a row | 83 |
| Athlete who's earned a "Y" | 40 |
| Athlete who's going for the gold? | 37 |
| Athlete who's not dashing? | 30 |
| Athlete who's now a National | 32 |
| Athlete whose mascot is Orbit | 29 |
| Athlete whose motto might be "the puck stops here"? | 61 |
| Athlete with a javelin | 22 |
| Athlete with a statue in Richmond, Va. | 38 |
| Athlete with an army | 20 |
| Athlete with four ESPY awards | 29 |
| Athlete with the all-time best-selling jersey in Premiership history | 68 |
| Athlete with the autobiography "The Soul of a Butterfly" | 66 |
| Athlete worshipers? | 19 |
| Athlete's "fastest ever" | 38 |
| Athlete's accolade, briefly | 31 |
| Athlete's activity | 22 |
| Athlete's aide | 18 |
| Athlete's ailment | 21 |
| Athlete's ambition | 22 |
| Athlete's assignment | 24 |
| Athlete's attire, informally | 32 |
| Athlete's award | 19 |
| Athlete's award cabinet | 27 |
| Athlete's best effort | 25 |
| Athlete's booster | 21 |
| Athlete's concern | 21 |
| Athlete's degree | 20 |
| Athlete's desires | 21 |
| Athlete's downtime | 22 |
| Athlete's dream | 19 |
| Athlete's foot | 18 |
| Athlete's foot applications? | 32 |
| Athlete's foot sufferer's purchase | 42 |
| Athlete's foot symptom | 26 |