| HIGHD | 68/69 in school |
| GALBA | Sixth Roman emperor, AD 68-69 |
| SPED | Did 69 in a parking lot, say |
| ARMSTRONG | Name in the news on 7/20/69 |
| ALDRIN | Name in the news on 7/20/69 |
| SUNDANCEKID | Hole in the Wall Gang member role ('69) |
| ONO | '69 "Bed-In" participant |
| SQUARES | Words with 1-, 6-, 10-, 67-, 68- and 69-Across, and 1-, 13-, 26-, 33-, 53- and 59-Down |
| ADOG | Iggy Pop wanted to be one in a '69 hit |
| ATM | The first one debuted on 9/2/69 at a Chemical Bank in Rockville Centre, New York |
| THULIUM | An element in the lanthanide series, atomic number 69 (7) |
| GREWCOCK | Danny ?, rugby union lock who played in 69 Tests for England from 1997-2007 (8) |
| VETTORI | D L ___, New Zealand Test cricketer who took 5-69 against England at Lord's in 2008 (7) |
| OTHO | The second of four emperors in A.D. 69 |
| LANDONTHEMOON | Arrive as astronauts did 7/20/69 ... and what's literally seen in seven pairs of puzzle answers |
| MENWALKONMOON | New York Times headline from 50 Years ago on 7/21/69, and a hint to five two-row arrangements in this puzzle |
| NESTALGIA | "Ah, thinking of that concert in '69 fills me with ___ ..." |
| OGLESBY | Richard J ?, Union Army general in the American Civil War; governor of Illinois from 1865-69, 1873 and 1885-89 |
| NURSE | Seymour, West Indian cricketer who played in 29 Tests 1960-69 (5) |
| IDIOT | The ____, a Dostoevsky novel published serially in 1868-69 |