| KHMERROUGE | Autocratic Communist regime that ruled Cambodia (now Kampuchea) from 1975 to 1979 (5,5) |
| CAMBODIA | Nation known as Kampuchea from 1976-89 |
| TAI | Chinese exercise regime that promotes health and longevity, ... chi (1'2) |
| ZUMBA | Fitness regime that incorporates dance and martial arts movements. (5) |
| NAZI | Regime that propagandized Wagner's music |
| JOHNWALKER | Athlete who held the men's mile record from 1975 to 1979 and won Olympic 1500m in 1976 (4,6) |
| NORTHERNER | Overnight passenger train between Wellington and Auckland in New Zealand that operated from 1975 to 2004 |
| POLPOT | Politician who led the Khmer Rouge's totalitarian regime in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979 (3,3) |
| RUNAWAYS | The _, all-female American rock band who recorded and performed from 1975 to 1979 (8) |
| SEASIDESPECIAL | BBC TV show broadcast from 1975 to 1979 whose regular performers included the dancers New Edition |
| CAMBODIANS | People from the southeast Asian nation once called Kampuchea |
| KENSINGTON | Canadian sitcom of 1975 to 1980, "King of ___" |
| BARNEYMILLER | Sitcom that ran from 1975 to 1982 |
| ONEDAYATATIME | CBS sitcom about a divorced mother raising two teenaged daughters that ran from 1975 to 1984: 5 wds. |
| TUESDAYWELD | US actress Oscar-nominated for Looking for Mr Goodbar, and married to Dudley Moore from 1975 to 1980 (7,4) |
| MULDOON | Robert David --, Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1975 to 1984 (7) |
| BRIANREDHEAD | John Timpson's co-presenter on Today from 1975 to 1986 |
| TONYGREIG | All-rounder who captained England from 1975 to 1977 |
| SOPHIA | Wife of Juan Carlos I, Queen of Spain from 1975 to 2014 (6) |
| MALCOLM | Australian Liberal statesman who served as Prime Minister from 1975 to 1983 (7,6) |
