| NIMH | "The Secret of __": 1982 animated movie |
| ROAN | The Secret of ___ Inish |
| WALKINGINTHEAIR | Song that featured in the 1982 animated film The Snowman (7,2,3,3) |
| KHAN | "Star Trek II: The Wrath of ___" (1982) |
| SNOWMAN | 1982 animated TV short film based on a Raymond Briggs picture book, The ------- (7) |
| THELASTUNICORN | 1982 animated film about a lone mythical creature |
| FUN | House of _, 1982 Madness hit (3) |
| FRIED | 1991 film with the tagline "The secret of life? The secret's in the sauce" |
| RATS | Small animals in the 1982 movie The Secret of NIMH |
| THELONDON | Secrets of ___ ___ Underground, British transport documentary series (3,6) |
| NANCYDREW | Teenage sleuth who first appeared in the 1930 novel The Secret of the Old Clock (5,4) |
| NANCY | Amateur sleuth who first appears in the 1930 novel The Secret Of The Old Clock, _ Drew (5) |
| UNICORN | The Secret of the ___ :11th book in the Tintin series, made into a film almost 70 years after it was written (7) |
| OOZE | "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the ___" (1991 film) |
| ROSARY | 'The Secret of the --', book by St Louis de Montfort (6) |
| KEENE | "The Secret of the Old Clock" author |
| DREW | "The Secret of the Old Clock" sleuth |
| ACRE | The Secret of Moon-; fantasy film based on The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge. (4) |
| MOVIE | Home ___ 2008 found footage film that follows the Poe family and the secret of their twins |
| UNCHANGED | "No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an _ land": Helen Keller (9) |
