| THEDAY | 1961 sci-fi film starring Janet Munro and Leo McKern (3,3,3,5,6,4) |
| THEEARTH | 1961 sci-fi film starring Janet Munro and Leo McKern (3,3,3,5,6,4) |
| CAUGHTFIRE | 1961 sci-fi film starring Janet Munro and Leo McKern (3,3,3,5,6,4) |
| SOLARIS | 2002 Soderbergh film based on a 1961 sci-fi novel |
| ASTARISBORN | 1937 film starring Janet Gaynor and Fredric March, remade in 1954, 1976 and 2018 (1,4,2,4) |
| STATEFAIR | 1933 film starring Janet Gaynor and Will Rogers (5,4) |
| PSYCHO | 1960 horror film starring Janet Leigh and Anthony Perkins (6) |
| YUCCA | "The Beast of ___ Flats" (1961 sci-fi bomb) |
| GROK | Word for "understand" coined in a 1961 sci-fi novel |
| STANISLAWLEM | Polish author of the 1961 Sci-fi novel Solaris |
| HORACERUMPOLE | Lawyer created by Sir John Mortimer and played by Leo McKern |
| RUMPOLE | --- Of The Bailey, a John Mortimer TV series starring Leo McKern (7) |
| HELP | Beatles film that featured Leo Mckern (4) |
| ADORABLE | 1933 American musical comedy film starring Janet Gaynor that is a remake of the 1931 German romantic comedy Her Grace Commands |
| HORACE | Leo McKern in Rumpole of the Bailey, ... Rumpole (6) |
| THEFARMER | 1935 romantic-comedy starring Janet Gaynor and Henry Fonda (3,6,5,1,4) |
| TAKESAWIFE | 1935 romantic-comedy starring Janet Gaynor and Henry Fonda (5,1,4) |
| OHENRY | Award won by Alice Munro and Stephen King |
| NEBNEB | Perhaps Munro and Corbett inverted pods used for dyeing |
| OHENRYAWARD | *Short story prize won by Alice Munro and Alice Walker |
