| EWING | Central family of the 1978-91 US soap Dallas, living on Southfork Ranch (5) |
| DALLAS | 1978- 91 US soap opera that spawned the fellow soap Knots Landing in 1979 (6) |
| RAMSAY | Central family in Neighbours (6) |
| RANCH | The Ewings live on Southfork __ in the American hit soap opera Dallas (5) |
| GHANA | Hosts and winners of the 1978 African Cup of Nations (5) |
| DUFFY | Patrick _ _ _ _ _ , U.S. actor who played Bobby Ewing in the TV soap Dallas (5) |
| ELLIE | Miss *****, family matriarch in TV soap 'Dallas', created try David Jacobs (5) |
| SADAT | Anwar, Egyptian president who was a co-winner of the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize (5) |
| DESAI | Anita, author of the 1978 short story collection Games At Twilight (5) |
| ELLEN | Sue -----, JR Ewing's wife in Texas-based soap Dallas (5) |
| REEVE | Christopher _, star of the 1978 action film Superman (5) |
| MEHTA | New York Philharmonic conductor, 1978-91 |
| KNOTSLANDING | Spin-off of the US soap Dallas, set in a fictional suburb of Los Angeles (5,7) |
| CLIFFBARNES | Character played by Ken Kercheval in the 1978-1991 US soap Dallas and its 2012-2014 revival (5,6) |
| KRISTIN | First name of Ms Shepard, the character US soap Dallas who famously shot JR (7) |
| STETSON | Rancher's hat as worn by JR in the US soap, Dallas |
| BAKSHI | Animator Ralph of the 1978 version of "The Lord of the Rings" |
| THESEA | Winner of the 2005 Booker prize (or half the winner of the 1978 Booker prize) |
| JOHNROSS | Full first names of Larry Hagman's J. R. Ewing in TV's Dallas (1978-91) |
| MURDOCH | Iris, winner of the 1978 Booker Prize with The Sea, the Sea (7) |
