| TRIFFIDS | Carnivorous plants created in a 1951 novel by English science fiction author John Wyndham (8) |
| MOORCOCK | Michael, English science fiction author of The Final Programme (8) |
| LABLAB | Leguminous plant created in scientist's room twice (6) |
| THECHRYSALIDS | 1955 science fiction novel by British author John Wyndham narrated by the telepath David Strorm (3,10) |
| BRIANALDISS | English science fiction author whose works include the Helliconia trilogy |
| TRIFFID | Fictional predatory plant created by writer John Wyndham (7) |
| ONATRAIN | Where the characters meet in a 1951 Hitchcock classic |
| AMBIENCE | Character and atmosphere created in a space (8) |
| FLYTRAPS | Sticky strips, carnivorous plants (8) |
| CRUELSEA | The ____, a 1951 war novel by Nicholas Monsarrat |
| QUOVADIS | Polish Nobelist's Latin-titled novel that inspired a 1951 film |
| ARTHURCCLARKE | English science fiction writer and undersea explorer, 1917-2008, author of 2001: A Space Odyssey (6,1,6) |
| CLARKE | Arthur C., English science fiction writer who co-wrote the screenplay for 2001: A Space Odyssey (6) |
| ALDISS | Brian ___, English science fiction writer whose short story Supertoys Last All Summer Long was the basis for the 2001 film A I Artificial Intelligence (6) |
| ALASTAIRSIM | Scottish character actor who played Ebenezer Scrooge in a 1951 film version of A Christmas Carol called Scrooge (8.3) |
| OTS | There were six in a 1951 N.B.A. game between Indianapolis and Rochester |
| RAKESPROGRESS | A --- ---, series of eight paintings by William Hogarth which inspired a 1951 opera by Igor Stravinsky (5,8) |
| BANOFFEEPIE | British dessert created in a restaurant in Jevington, East Sussex (8,3) |
| SIM | Alastair ---, actor who memorably played Scrooge in a 1951 film (3) |
| OFTHE | John Wyndham's sci-fi book about carnivorous plants, The Day ... Triffids |
