| KRYPTON | Game show which began in 1977, The _ Factor (7) |
| DEEPEST | See picture clue: Sir Rod Stewart hit released in 1977, The First Cut Is the -- --- (7) |
| BODIES | Embarrassing -title of a reality medical show which began in 2007 (6) |
| THORN | Colleen McCullough's bestseller of 1977, The ___ Birds (5) |
| STAR | _ Wars, movie franchise which began in 1977 (4) |
| STARWARS | George Lucas' movie series which began in 1977 (4,4) |
| CUT | Sir Rod Stewart hit from 1977, The First --- Is the Deepest (3) |
| LANEWAY | Music festival which began in Melbourne in 2005 and spread to Auckland (7) |
| HUNDRED | The ___, ECB cricket tournament which began in 2021 (7) |
| IRONAGE | Period which began in the Middle East about 1100BC (4,3) |
| OREILLY | 'The ___ Factor' (cable news show) |
| CARRYON | Series of English comedy films which began in 1958 with '-Sergeant' (5,2) |
| THEWALL | Game show which was hosted by Anton du Beke, Hole In _ _ (3,4) |
| NILSSON | Singer who recorded a 1971 song which began: No I can't forget this evening or your face as you were leaving ... (7) |
| GULFWAR | Military conflict which began with Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait (4,3) |
| ITS | The title of the BBC radio show ITMA, which began in 1939, was an acronym taken from a Daily Express |
| KLONDIKE | Site of a gold rush in the Yukon in Canada which began in 1897 (8) |
| ENOSIS | Movement for the union of Cyprus with Greece which began in the 1930's (6) |
| TEMPERANCE | Social movement against the consumption of alcohol which began in the early 19th Century (10) |
| TIGRIS | Which Thor Heyerdahl expedition was named after the river in Iraq from where it began in 1977? (6) |
