| MARATHONMAN | 1974 novel by William Goldman |
| MARATHON | 1974 novel by William Goldman (8,3) |
| MAN | 1974 novel by William Goldman (8,3) |
| BROTHERS | 1986 novel by William Goldman that was the sequel to his 1972 novel Marathon Man |
| MARATHONM | See 221974 novel by William Goldman |
| MAGIC | 1976 novel by William Goldman |
| ABRIDGE | and 17ac, 1977 Richard Attenborough film based on the 1974 book of the same name by Cornelius Ryan, adapted by William Goldman |
| TOOFAR | see 35ac, 1977 Richard Attenborough film based on the 1974 book of the same name by Cornelius Ryan, adapted by William Goldman |
| HARPER | 1966 film starring Paul Newman with a screenplay by William Goldman. based on the 1949 novel The Moving Target by Ross Macdonald (6) |
| PRINCESS | The _ Bride, 1987 fantasy film based on a William Goldman novel (8) |
| HACKMAN | Screenwriter William Goldman (W.G.) wrote Absolute Power, in which he was a sleazy president. |
| BLUBBER | 1974 novel by author of the 1970 novel "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret", about a fifth-grader bullied by her classmates about her weight |
| DOGSOFWAR | "The ...... ...", 1974 novel by Frederick Forsyth (4,2,3) |
| CENTENNIAL | 1974 novel by James A Michener (10) |
| PIRATE | The ___, 1974 novel by Harold Robbins (6) |
| SPYSTORY | 1974 novel by Len Deighton (3,5) |
| BLUE | 1974 novel by Tom Sharpe (11,4) (See 6D) |
| PORTERHOUSE | 1974 novel by Tom Sharpe (11,4) (See 22D) |
| FEAROFFLYING | 1974 novel by Erica Jong (4,2,6) |
| TINKERTAILORSOLDIERSPY | 1974 novel by John le Carre |