| MARR | Dave ?, winner of the 1965 PGA Championship (4) |
| DAVEMARR | Winner of the 1965 PGA Championship (4,4) |
| SONS | "If Texas couldn't tame 'em - could she?" asked the tagline of the 1965 John Wayne western, The ... Of Katie Elder |
| BOND | Edward, author of the 1965 play Saved (4) |
| TOMMYSIMPSON | British winner of the 1965 UCI Road World Championships men's road race who died competing in the 19 |
| AALTONEN | Rauno ___, a winner of the 1965 RAC Rally (8) |
| SHOLOKHOV | Mikhail, winner of the 1965 Nobel Prize in Literature (9) |
| STOCKTON | Dave ?, 1970 and 1976 PGA Championship winner (8) |
| EGGERS | Dave ?, author of 2013 novel The Circle (6) |
| OPART | Genre of the 1965 MoMA exhibition 'The Responsive Eye' |
| HALLIWELL | Leslie --, compiler of the 1965 'The Filmgoer's Companion' (9) |
| CHANNEL | Queen's daughter left after first half of Chas & Dave ? (7) |
| MINUETING | Classical piece that's the basis of the 1965 hit "A Lover's Concerto" |
| FRANKSINATRA | Star of the 1965 prison escape movie "Von Ryan's Express": 2 wds. |
| TRINILOPEZ | Singer of the 1965 hit "Lemon Tree" |
| SORENSEN | Author of the 1965 biography "Kennedy" |
| LARGO | Antagonist of the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball, played by Adolfo Celi (5) |
| EMILIO | Antagonist of the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball, played by Adolfo Celi (6) |
| ELVIS | Star of the 1965 comedy "Harum Scarum" |
| HAILEY | Arthur, author of the 1965 novel Hotel (6) |
