| KARPOV | Chess's world champion from 1975 to 1985 |
| ANATOLYKARPOV | Russian chess player who was world champion from 1975 to 1985 (7,6) |
| NIGELSHORT | British chess grandmaster born in 1965 and vicepresident of FIDE, chess's world governing body (5,5) |
| TUESDAYWELD | US actress Oscar-nominated for Looking for Mr Goodbar, and married to Dudley Moore from 1975 to 1980 (7,4) |
| ALLMAN | Gregg ___, U.S. rock musician who was married to singer Cher from 1975 to 1979 (6) |
| BRIANREDHEAD | John Timpson's co-presenter on Today from 1975 to 1986 |
| TONYGREIG | All-rounder who captained England from 1975 to 1977 |
| BARNEYMILLER | Sitcom that ran from 1975 to 1982 |
| ARENA | BBC television arts strand from 1975 to the present (5) |
| REGIONAL | Sort of councils Scotland had from 1975 to 1996 (8) |
| CAMBODIA | Country ruled by the Khmer Rouge from 1975 to 1979 (8) |
| MALCOLMFRASER | The Prime Minister of Australia from 1975 to 1983 (7,6) |
| ECLAT | Lotus car model produced from 1975 to 1982 (5) |
| CAMARGUE | Rolls Royce luxury saloon model manufactured from 1975 to 1986 (8) |
| KHMERROUGE | Radical Communist movement that ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979 (5,5) |
| MULDOON | Robert David --, Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1975 to 1984 (7) |
| SNAPPERFOSTER | Role played by David Hasselhoff from 1975 to 1982 in the TV soap opera The Young and the Restless which helped him gain recognition: 2 wds. |
| ONEDAYATATIME | CBS sitcom about a divorced mother raising two teenaged daughters that ran from 1975 to 1984: 5 wds. |
| 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) |
