| PROMISEDLAND | 1976 novel by Robert B Parker |
| SPLITIMAGE | Crime novel by Robert B. Parker (5,5) |
| ASPOONFULOFSUGAR | Popular song from Mary Poppins, composed by Robert B Sherman and Richard M Sherman |
| SPENSER | First-nameless private eye in Robert B. Parker mysteries |
| SPENSERFORHIRE | TV show based on the novels of Robert B. Parker |
| THEDEEP | 1976 novel by Peter Benchley adapted into a 1977 adventure film directed by Peter Yates (3,4) |
| DEEP | "The ___", 1976 novel by Peter Benchley (4) |
| GARP | "The World According to ...", 1976 novel by John Irving (4) |
| FAMILYARSENAL | "The ... ...", 1976 novel by Paul Theroux (6,7) |
| DOCTORON | 1976 novel by Richard Gordon (6,2,3,3) |
| SLAPSTICK | 1976 novel by Kurt Vonnegut (9) |
| THETAKEOVER | 1976 novel by Muriel Spark (3,8) |
| SHINING | "The ...", 1976 novel by Stephen King (7) |
| STORM | 1976 novel by Jack Higgins |
| THESTONE | 1976 novel by Alan Garner (3,5,4) (see 19D) |
| BOOK | 1976 novel by Alan Garner (3,5,4) (see 3D) |
| STORMWARNING | 1976 novel by Jack Higgins |
| THEBEARRAID | 1976 novel by Ken Follett |
| LASTSEENWEARING | 1976 novel by Colin Dexter |
| RIGHTTRUEEND | The ?, 1976 novel by Stan Barstow |
