| LILLEE | Aluminium bat wielder in a 1979 WACA Test, Dennis (6) |
| DENNISLILLEE | Australian cricketer whose aluminium bat caused controversy in 1979 |
| KRAMER | Name of the family in a 1979 film about a bitter divorce struggle, Best Picture winner at the 1980 Oscars (6) |
| MAGGIE | Rolling-pin wielder in comics |
| JANIE | Gun wielder in a 1989 Aerosmith hit |
| NINJA | Nunchaku wielder in a martial arts film, maybe |
| HORACE | The Diary Of ___ Wimp, a 1979 hit for the Electric Light Orchestra (6) |
| EREBUS | Antarctic site of a 1979 disaster (5,6) |
| RADLEY | England batsman and a 1979 Wisden Cricketer of the Year, Clive ... (6) |
| ICER | Spatula wielder in a bakery |
| BRIGHT | Theme from Watership Down which gave one half of Simon and Garfunkel a 1979 No 1 hit (6,4) |
| SALEMS | "___ Lot" (Stephen King novel made into a 1979 movie) |
| TERESA | Mother who won a 1979 Peace Prize |
| MORANT | Australian folk hero "Breaker" ___, subject of a 1979 film |
| YMCA | "A place you can go," in a 1979 #2 hit |
| ALCATRAZISLAND | The swim from here to shore, made famous in a 1979 movie, really isn't that tough; experienced swimmers nowadays complete it in 20 minutes |
| GARDNER | Who scored a fifty and picked up five wickets in the third women's ODI between Australia and India at the WACA in December 2024? (7) |
| INLAW | Arkin to Falk, in a 1979 movie |
| SANTINI | Duvall nickname in a 1979 movie |
| SARA | Title girl in a 1979 Fleetwood Mac hit |
