| HUGHIE | First name of Mr Green who hosted Opportunity Knocks from 1949 until 1978( 6) |
| ROBSON | First name of Mr Green who played Dr Tony Hill in Wire In The Blood (6) |
| WACS | U.S. Army females, until 1978 |
| WAC | Female soldiers' org. until 1978 |
| CEELO | First name of Mr Green, US singer 'Monster' in the Masked Singer in 2020 (5) |
| HANNAH | Australian golfer ... Green who became the first woman to win a mixed-gender event. (6) |
| HOLDER | V A ?, West Indies Test cricketer who took 6-28 against Australia in Port-of-Spain in 1978 (6) |
| RAPTOR | Go off reeling after knock from Hawk or Eagle (6) |
| PURVES | Surname of Peter who was a Blue Peter presenter between 1967 and 1978 (6) |
| TOPPLE | Knock (from power?) (6) |
| DALLAS | Mr. Green or Mr. Smith, Canadian singers |
| SPINKS | Leon, undisputed world heavyweight boxing champion from February to September, 1978 (6) |
| BUCHAN | Martin --, footballer who played 34 international matches for Scotland between 1971 and 1978 (6) |
| RHYTHM | Type of stick Ian Dury and The Blockheads sang about in 1978 (6) |
| GREASE | Highest-grossing live action film musical of the 20th century, released in 1978 (6) |
| HOLMES | Larry, boxer who became WBC heavyweight champion in June 1978 (6) |
| HECTOR | Kevin ...... , striker who scored 147 goals for Derby between 1966 and 1978 (6) |
| PLAYER | Third man to win all four of golf's majors, winning nine between 1959 and 1978 (6) |
| CUSACK | Sinead, actress who married Jeremy Irons in 1978 (6) |
| LIGETI | Gyorgy ___, Hungarian composer whose only opera, Le Grand Macabre, premiered in 1978 (6) |
