| ABSCAM | FBI sting of the late '70s |
| ATM | Bank introduction of the late '70s |
| MARKV | Lincoln Continental model of the late '70s |
| DISCO | Music of the late 70's |
| ASAMI | Sadao, Japanese competitor who raced both GPS, Macau, and the Isle of MANTT foryamaha in the late 70s. (5) |
| ANAND | Manthan, the late 70s movie fictionalized the establishment of a milk co-operative here |
| HUBERTS | Jan, Dutch small-bike specialist who raced from the early 1960s to the late '70s, winning a pair of 50cc GPS in his career. (7) |
| RUBIK | Inventor of the cube puzzle that was a craze in the late 70s and 80s |
| PCBS | Industrial compounds banned in the USA since the late '70s |
| AGES | Silver from the late '70s gets old |
| DISCOS | Popular hangouts in the late '70s |
| SHAH | Ruler until the late '70s |
| ELI | Sotomayor, in the late '70s |
| SPACEINVADERS | Remix a Spencer Davis hit from the late 70s |
| GOOSEGOSSAGE | All-star Yankee reliever in the late '70s |
| MANTICORE | Monster having the body of a lion, the head of a man, and the sting of a scorpion |
| TWINGE | Old English for "pinch, wring", thus today's little stab that isn't a knife, but a sharp shooting pain, pang of guilt, prick of conscience or sting of an unpleasant emotion (6) |
| RAID | Result of an FBI sting, perhaps |
| TRAP | Sting, of sorts |
| RESTLESS | Late 70s Aussie soap (The -------- Years) |
