| GETNO | Rolling Stones hit released in 1965 and still played today, (I Can't ...) Satisfaction (3,2) |
| SYMPATHY | Rolling Stones hit released in 1968, -------- for the Devil (8) |
| PRANKS | Second thoughts about offensive jokes played today (6) |
| DISTIL | Extract from an opera by Verdi still played (6) |
| ADLER | *She reported on the Selma march, in 1965, and on "Sesame Street," in 1972 |
| ALIVE | Bon Jovi hit released in 1987, Wanted Dead or ----- (5) |
| HAYES | Middlesex town that became part of the London Borough of Hillingdon in 1965 and was the erstwhile home of EMI Records |
| POUND | Metal version of this hit released in eighties |
| ARKLE | Cheltenham Gold Cup winner in 1964, 1965 and 1966 (5) |
| WALSH | Ollie ....., Kilkenny goalkeeper who won All Ireland hurling final winners' medals in 1963, 1965 and 1969 (5) |
| KIMFU | She wrote "For Today I Am a Boy" (2 wds.) |
| HEYMA | 2002 Cam'ron hit released after "Oh Boy" |
| MELODY | Hit for The Righteous Brothers in 1965 and 1990, Unchained ... |
| RIGHTEOUSBROTHERS | US duo with hit "Unchained Melody" in 1965 and 1990 (9,8) |
| UNCHAINEDMELODY | Single famously recorded by the Righteous Brothers in 1965 and Gareth Gates in 2002 (9,6) |
| ISLA | Madonna hit released in the UK in 1986, La ---- Bonita (4) |
| ONCE | Talking Heads hit released in 1981, ---- in a Lifetime (4) |
| USED | Gotye hit released in 2011, Somebody That I ---- to Know (4) |
| CHER | One-named singer with #1 hits in 1965 and 1999 |
| ASTROTURF | Artificial sports surface invented in 1965 and originally sold under the name ChemGrass |
