| NIGELSHORT | British chess grandmaster born in 1965 and vicepresident of FIDE, chess's world governing body (5,5) |
| KARPOV | Chess's world champion from 1975 to 1985 |
| SHORT | Nigel ?, English chess grandmaster born in 1965 (5) |
| SIMONEVANS | English stand-up comedian born in 1965 whose live tour shows include Genius 2.0 (5,5) |
| GERALDFORD | The only US President never to have been elected as president or vicepresident (6,4) |
| NAJDORF | Miguel --, chess grandmaster born in Poland (1910-97) (7) |
| MAGNUS | ___ Carlsen, Norwegian chess grandmaster born in 1990 (6) |
| PALBENKO | Chess grandmaster, born in Hungary (3,5) |
| FISCHER | Bobby ___, U.S. chess grandmaster born in 1943 (7) |
| IAAF | Track and field world governing body whose HQ are in Monaco (1,1,1,1) |
| HAYES | Middlesex town that became part of the London Borough of Hillingdon in 1965 and was the erstwhile home of EMI Records |
| RONALDBIGGS | Which of the Great Train Robbers escaped from prison in 1965 and lived for a time as a fugitive in Blackburn North in Melbourne? (6.5) |
| ADLER | *She reported on the Selma march, in 1965, and on "Sesame Street," in 1972 |
| UNCHAINEDMELODY | Single famously recorded by the Righteous Brothers in 1965 and Gareth Gates in 2002 (9,6) |
| ASTROTURF | Product patented in 1965 and originally sold under the name of ChemGrass (9) |
| ICC | World governing body of cricket (acronym) |
| PENROSE | Jonathan, winner of the British Chess Championship ten times between 1958 and 1969 (7) |
| GETNO | Rolling Stones hit released in 1965 and still played today, (I Can't ...) Satisfaction (3,2) |
| RIGHTEOUSBROTHERS | US duo with hit "Unchained Melody" in 1965 and 1990 (9,8) |
| DOORS | Which US rock group was formed in 1965 and featured James Douglas Morrison as its lead singer? (5) |
