| MORSE | Detective who first appeared in the 1975 novel Last Bus to Woodstock (5) |
| INSPECTORMORSE | Protagonist introduced in the novel, 'Last Bus to Woodstock' (9,5) |
| RAMBO | Character who first appeared in the novel First Blood by David Morrell (5) |
| BILLY | Speedy British comic character who first appeared in The Beano in 1964 (5,5) |
| WHIZZ | Speedy British comic character who first appeared in The Beano in 1964 (5,5) |
| OXFORD | "City of Dreaming Spires" depicted in books including Brideshead Revisited, Gaudy Night, Last Bus to Woodstock and the His Dark Materials trilogy (6) |
| COLINDEXTER | ____'s first published mystery was Last Bus to Woodstock |
| ERNST | Stavro Blofeld, who first appeared in the James Bond novel Thunderball (5) |
| DUELL | William --, actor who played Jim Sefelt in the 1975 film 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' (5) |
| MARTY | ***** Feldman, actor who played Igor in the 1975 film 'Young Frankenstein' (5) |
| GOOFY | Walt Disney cartoon character who first appeared in the 1932 film Mickey's Revue (5) |
| NURSE | Character played by Louise Fletcher in the 1975 film One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (5,7) |
| QUINT | Professional shark hunter played by Robert Shaw in the 1975 film Jaws (5) |
| POLLY | Waitress and maid played by Connie Booth in the 1975-79 sitcom Fawlty Towers (5,7) |
| AMITY | ____ Island, fictional beach town in the 1975 film Jaws (5) |
| TIANT | Pitcher who won two games in the 1975 World Series |
| HERCULE | First name of a Belgian detective who first appeared in The Mysterious Affair at Styles in 1920 (7) |
| LUIGI | Plumber who first appeared in the 1983 arcade game Mario Bros. |
| TIPSY | What word meaning slightly drunk first appeared in the mid- 1500s? (5) |
| ATTIC | Toys in the -----, 1975 Aerosmith album (5) |
