| BURSTYN | Ellen, U.S. actress who played Regan's mother in the 1973 horror film The Exorcist (7) |
| ELLEN | _ _ _ _ _ Burstyn, U.S. actress who played Regan's mother in the 1973 film The Exorcist (5) |
| EXORCIST | The ---, 1973 horror film directed by William Friedkin (8) |
| POMPEO | Ellen, U.S. actress who plays the title character in the TV medical drama series Grey's Anatomy (6) |
| KANANGA | Despotic leader of the Caribbean nation of San Monique in the 1973 James Bond film Live and Let Die, played by Yaphet Kotto (7) |
| SSSSSSS | 1973 horror flick about a doctor who turns his assistant into a cobra |
| GONERIL | Regan's sister in King Lear (7) |
| LINDABLAIR | Actress who played Regan in the 1973 film The Exorcist |
| BLAIR | Linda, U.S. actress who played possessed girl Regan MacNeil in 1971 film The Exorcist (5) |
| CLEARUP | Explain Regan's dad aboard vessel (5,2) |
| FOX | Who played the title role in the 1973 film The Day Of The Jackal? (3) |
| MICHELEDOTRICE | Actress who played Frank Spencer's wife Betty in the 1973-8 sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (7,7) |
| ANOUSKAHEMPEL | Actress turned couturier and hotelier who played the title role in the 1973 film Tiffany Jones (7,6) |
| HARVEYKEITEL | The Piano actor who played Charlie Cappa in the 1973 film Mean Streets: 2 wds. |
| WOODWARD | Actor who played the part of Sergeant Howie in the 1973 cult movie The Wicker Man (8) |
| THESEVEREDARM | 1973 horror film starring Deborah Walley and Paul Carr (3,7,3) |
| THEWICKERMAN | 1973 horror film whose title figure is burned in a pagan ritual |
| NEELEY | Ted ___, singer and actor who played Jesus Christ in the 1973 film Jesus Christ Superstar (6) |
| MCNAB | Bob ___, Arsenal and England defender who had a cameo role in the 1973 On The Buses episode 'The Football Match' |
| WICKER | The ___ Man, 1973 horror film, starring Edward Woodward (6) |
