| CHANNEL | Bruce --, singer of the 1961 hit single "Hey! Baby" (7) |
| CHECKER | Chubby _, American rock'n'roll singer of the 1961 hit Let's Twist Again (7) |
| RAYCHARLES | Singer of the 1961 #1 song found in the starts of 16-, 23-, 37- and 48-Across |
| ALLEN | Irwin, director of the 1961 film Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (5) |
| TUSHINGHAM | Rita ---, Liverpudlian star of the 1961 film adaptation of A Taste of Honey |
| NINETYONE | Number of Football League clubs at the end of the 1961-1962 and 2019-2020 seasons (6-3) |
| HAYLEYMILLS | Female star of the 1961 film Whistle Down the Wind (6,5) |
| WEREWOLF | 'The Curse of the -', 1961 Hammer horror film starring Oliver Reed (8) |
| KING | Benjamin Earl ___, singer and co-composer of the 1961 hit Stand By Me (4) |
| CID | What completes the title of the 1961 Sophia Loren film El_? (3) |
| ANDRIC | Ivo, winner of the 1961 Nobel Prize in Literature (6) |
| EDSON | JT, author of the 1961 novel Trail Boss (5) |
| LEIGHTON | Kenneth, English composer of the 1961 work Crucifixus Pro Nobis (8) |
| LITTLER | Gene ___, US golfer, winner of the 1961 US Open (7) |
| MORTIMER | Angela --, winner of the 1961 Wimbledon singles championship (8) |
| RITA | _ Moreno, star of the 1961 musical film West Side Story (4) |
| ETYPE | Iconic Jaguar ~ star of the 1961 Geneva Motor Show (1-4) |
| STANISLAWLEM | Polish author of the 1961 Sci-fi novel Solaris |
| MOREAU | Jeanne, female star of the 1961 film Jules et Jim (6) |
| ANGELAMORTIMER | British winner of the 1961 Wimbledon ladies’ singles |
