| GLENN | 1962 and 1998 orbiter |
| ALONE | Who (John ___) orbited the Earth in 1962 and 1998? (5) |
| MARINER | The name for any of a series of ten uncrewed U.S. space probes sent to the vicinities of Venus, Mars, and Mercury between 1962 and 1973. The first was launched July 22, 1962, but was destroyed shortly |
| DALGLIESH | Which troubled poet and sleuth first appeared in PD. James's novel Cover Her Face (1962) and is the title of a British TV crime series (from 2021) starring Bertie Carvel? (9) |
| MORSE | 1962 and 1990 Tony winner Robert |
| MANCINI | Oscar-winner of 1962 and 1963 |
| FEAR | "Cape ___" (1962 and 1991 film) |
| OPEC | Indonesia joined it in 1962 ... and left in 2008 |
| PALMER | Arnold ___, US golfer who won the Masters in 1958, 1960, 1962 and 1964 (6) |
| ERIK | Swedish driver; 1962 and 1963 Monte Carlo Rally winner (4,8) |
| MGB | British sports car built between 1962 and 1980 (3) |
| PELE | Brazilian soccer star with three World Cup titles (1958, 1962, and 1970) |
| GRAHAM | F1 world champion in 1962 and 1968 (6,4) |
| HILL | F1 world champion in 1962 and 1968 (6,4) |
| AVANTI | Fibreglass-bodied Studebaker sports car, introduced in 1962 and several times revived since then (6) |
| OBRIEN | Edna ___, author of The Country Girls (1962) and House of Splendid Isolation (1994) (6) |
| LOLITA | Title role played by Sue Lyon in 1962 and Dominque Swain in 1997 (6) |
| GARYSPRAKE | Welsh international goalkeeper who played 381 games for Leeds United between 1962 and 1973 |
| ROCHE | Ken ?, 1962 and 1966 Commonwealth 440y hurdles gold medallist |
| STOLLE | Fred, Australian tennis player who won the Wimbledon Men's Double title in 1962 and 1964 with Bob Hewitt (6) |
