| ALEXHALEY | Author of Roots: The Saga of an American Family (1976) (4,5) |
| HALEY | *"Roots: The Saga of an American Family" author |
| ROOTS | 'The Saga of an American Family' (1976) |
| KINTE | Kunta ___ (character in 'Roots: The Saga of an American Family') |
| NOGGINTHE | The Saga of ___, BBC TV children's series first broadcast in 1959 (6,3,3) |
| EPISTEMIC | Changing times in the saga about human knowledge (9) |
| BETTEMIDLER | Author of the children's book "The Saga of Baby Divine" |
| TYRANTFLYCATCHER | Any member of an American family of birds related to the pittas and cotingas (6,10) |
| MANSON | Marilyn on "Portrait of an American Family" |
| NOG | The Saga of Noggin the ---, children's TV series first shown in 1959 (3) |
| EPIC | The saga of the winklepickers (4) |
| RADICALS | Rancid "Give 'em the boot, the roots, the ___" |
| ILIAD | The saga of Troy |
| ARSENAL | 'The Family -', 1976 novel by Paul Theroux (7) |
| MARX | The --- Brothers were an American family of comedians who appeared in vaudeville, stage plays and films (4) |
| REALLIFE | 1979 Albert Brooks film that it is a spoof of the 1973 reality television series An American Family |
| VIKINGS | Historical TV drama series written and created by Michael Hirst, inspired by the sagas of Ragnar Lothbrok |
| BENSON | Archbishop's son remembered for his comic novels following the sagas of social rivals Mapp and Lucia (6) |
| PLOT | "Family -", 1976 film by Alfred Hitchcock (4) |
| THEREALWORLD | MTV series based on "An American Family" (letters 9 to 7) |
