Complete Clue List
Across
1. Olympian's dream "hardware" (4,5)
6. Device producing the signal for the final lap in longer Athletics events (1,4)
9. Balkan country first participating in the 1972 Summer Olympic Games at 3D (7)
10. Beginning of an Olympic Games: ____ Ceremony (7)
11. Wicked act, such as the 1972 terrorist attack on members of the Israeli Olympic team at 3D (8)
13. Wispy cloud type, welcomed by Olympians hoping for fine weather (6)
15. Country where the Tigris and Euphrates meet, first participated at London 1948 Summer Olympics (4)
16. Capital city of 23D (6)
17. International Olympic Committee (IOC) country code for 6D (3)
19. International Olympic Committee (IOC) country code for the Caribbean country with capital Roseau (3)
21. Olympic event with gates, including both ski and canoe racing (6)
22. West African island country that began attending Summer Olympics in 1996 at Atlanta: ____ Verde (4)
25. Olympic sport involving both ski jumping and cross-country skiing: ____ Combined (6)
26. National summer sport of Canada, version at Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games (8)
29. Dakar's nation, first Olympic competition was at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games (7)
30. Before competing in an event, an Olympian or their country must ____ (5,2)
31. Mgmt. for an Olympic event or website (abbr., 5)
32. Central 6D country, first participated in the 1952 Helsinki Summer Olympic Games (9)
Down
1. African country, first participated in 1952 Olympic Games as Gold Coast (5)
2. Africa's first republic, athletes attended 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne (7)
3. German host city for 1972 Olympic Games (6)
4. Genetic material, once used for gender verification of Olympians (init., 3)
5. Landlocked Asian nation, athletes first attended the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow (4)
6. The unincorporated Pacific territory ____ Samoa has competed in Summer and Winter Olympic Games (8)
7. Eastern African country debuting at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney (7)
8. Pass laws; the IOC requires countries to ____ to combat competition manipulation (9)
12. Formerly Formosa, the Republic of China competes as "Chinese Taipei" at the Olympic Games (6)
14. Portuguese-speaking African nation first appearing at the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow (6)
15. Southeast Asian country of over 17,000 islands, first competed at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games (9)
18. Caribbean grouping whose IOC code is ISV: ____ Islands (2,6; first word abbr.)
20. Abbreviation formed by initial letters of words, such as BMX in "Cycling BMX Racing" (7)
23. Landlocked Central European nation, host of 1964 and 1976 Winter Olympic Games (7)
24. Squirm, twist in pain, like a badly injured athlete (6)
27. One of the unnamed crowd, performing in an Olympic Games 10A Ceremony (5)
28. Standard; the Olympic ____ (adopted 1920) was designed by Pierre de Coubertin in 1913 (4)
30. IOC code for the Central 6D country whose largest city is Soyapango (3)