| TOPOL | Chaim, actor who played the Tevye in the 1971 film Fiddler on the Roof (5) |
| CHAIM | ***** Topol, late Israeli actor who played Tevye in 'Fiddler on the Roof' (5) |
| VINCENTPRICE | US actor who played the title role in the 1971 film The Abominable Dr Phibes (7,5) |
| ISAAC | ___ Hayes, songwriter noted for the theme for the 1971 film Shaft (5) |
| ELLIS | Pitcher Dock who started and got the loss in the 1971 All-Star Game |
| EDDIE | Scorer of Arsenal's equaliser in the 1971 FA Cup Final (5,5) |
| KELLY | Scorer of Arsenal's equaliser in the 1971 FA Cup Final (5,5) |
| FLIPA | Film fiddler's foremost riff (5) |
| PETER | Chelsea FC scorer in the 1971 European Cup Winners' Cup Final and replay (5,6) (see 14A) |
| IFIWEREARICHMAN | Song sung by milkman Tevye in the film musical Fiddler On The Roof (2,1,4,1,4,3) |
| JAMESFOX | Actor who starred in the 1971 film Performance (5,3) |
| TIFFANYCASE | James Bond's love interest in the in the 1971 film Diamonds Are Forever, played by Jill St. John (7,4) |
| MAHLER | Composer of the soundtrack used in the 1971 film Death in Venice (6) |
| HOWERD | Frankie ___, English comedian who played Lurcio in the 1971 film Up Pompeii (6) |
| SUSANGEORGE | English actress who starred with Dustin Hoffman in the 1971 film Straw Dogs (5,6) |
| ANGHARADREES | Welsh actress who played Gossamer Beynon in the 1971 film version of Under Milk Wood |
| JILL | _ St. John, actress who played Bond girl Tiffany Case in the 1971 film Diamonds Are Forever (4) |
| ADRIENNE | ___ Corri, actress who played Mary Alexander in the 1971 film A Clockwork Orange |
| OTOOLE | Ill-fated Bond Girl played by Lana Wood in the 1971 film Diamonds are Forever (6,6) |
| PLENTY | Ill-fated Bond Girl played by Lana Wood in the 1971 film Diamonds are Forever (6,6) |