| EDDY | Belgian cyclist; Tour de France winner five times in the 1960s and 70s (4,6) |
| MERCKX | Belgian cyclist; Tour de France winner five times in the 1960s and 70s (4,6) |
| MEL | Best Director Oscar winner five years after Kevin |
| EDDYMERCKX | Belgian cyclist who won the Tour de France five times in the 1960s and 1970s (4,6) |
| HILLMANIMP | Economy car of the Rootes Group manufactured in Linwood in the 1960s and 70s (7,3) |
| MALIEMPIRE | The sport of boxing in the 1960s and '70s, essentially? |
| LEETREVINO | US golfer, nicknamed Supermex, who won six major titles in the 1960s and 1970s |
| BERNARDHINAULT | French cyclist who won the Tour de France five times in the 1970s and 1980s (7,7) |
| PORTLAND | Oregon city, noted as a centre for organised crime in the 1940s and '50s and of counterculture in the 1960s and '70s (8) |
| BILLIE | American tennis player who won the Wimbledon women's singles title six times in the 1960s and 1970s (6,4,4) |
| JEANKING | American tennis player who won the Wimbledon women's singles title six times in the 1960s and 1970s (6,4,4) |
| STEWART | Surname of British driver who won the Formula 1 world championship three times in the 1960s and 1970s (7) |
| APOLLO | Nasa space project in the 1960s and 70s that landed the first human on the Moon (6) |
| TADEJ | Slovenian cyclist; 2020, 2021 and 2024 Tour de France winner (5) |
| MOVE | The ---, British rock band fronted by Roy Wood in the 1960s and '70s (4) |
| OCANA | Luis ___, Spanish road cyclist; 1973 Tour de France winner (5) |
| JASPER | Belgian cyclist; 2023 Tour de France points classification winner (6,9) |
| PHILIPSEN | Belgian cyclist; 2023 Tour de France points classification winner (6,9) |
| AIMAR | Lucien ?, cyclist; 1966 Tour de France winner (5) |
| ROGER | French cyclist; 1967 Tour de France winner (5) |
