| ERA | Disco ___ (the late 1970s musically) |
| BOWESLYON | Scottish family whose members include Lady Elizabeth ___, the late Queen Mother (5-4) |
| STU | Disco ___, "The Simpsons" character |
| IRANIAN | ____ Revolution, popular uprising that led to the overthrow of the Shah in the late 1970s (7) |
| SPECIALS | The ___, band who spearheaded the two-tone ska revival movement starting in the late 1970s (8) |
| KINGTUT | Royal who toured the U.S. in the late 1970s |
| TURBODIESEL | A notable addition to the Peugeot 604 range during the late 1970s (11) |
| HODAKA | Engine-making company for the Yamaguchi brand that became a brand itself until it collapsed in the late 1970s. (6) |
| ATTRACTIONS | What was the name of Elvis Costello's backing group in the late 1970s? (11) |
| PUNK | Music, popular in the late 1970s, as in the Dicentra 'Pink ___' and Hosta '___ Rock' (4) |
| TWOTONE | A musical genre of the late 1970s and early 1980s typified by The Specials (3,4) |
| WEARSIDEJACK | Nickname of John Samuel Humble who pretended to be the Yorkshire Ripper in hoax letters and an audiotape in the late 1970s (8,4) |
| PRAIRIE | Little House on the ___, American TV series of the late 1970s (7) |
| GENZ | Group born from the early 1960s to the late 1970s (3,1) |
| PRESTEL | Brand name for the Post Office's Viewdata technology developed during the late 1970s |
| HONDAPRELUDE | Celica rival that arrived in the late 1970s (5,7) |
| DISCOS | Popular dance clubs in the late 1970s |
| IRAN | Country that held American hostages in the late 1970s |
| CHARADE | Daihatsu hatchback released in the late 1970s (7) |
| CARTERERA | The late 1970s, politically |
