| TOEARTH | How David Bowie's character fell, in a 1976 sci-fi film |
| DAVIDBOWIE | Singer-actor whose roles include Thomas Jerome Newton in 1976 sci-fi film The Man Who Fell to Earth |
| BOWIE | David -, singer-actor whose roles have included Thomas Jerome Newton in 1976 sci-fi film The Man Who |
| BUCKHENRY | Actor-writer who played Oliver Farnsworth in 1976 sci-fi film The Man Who Fell to Earth (4,5) |
| DAVID | Singer actor who starred as Thomas Jerome Newton in 1976 sci-fi film The Man Who Fell to Earth (5) |
| LOGANSRUNE | 1976 sci-fi film about a mystical symbol inside Boston's airport? |
| EARTHS | "At the ___ Core": 1976 sci-fi film |
| LOGANSRUN | 1976 sci-fi film starring Michael York, Jenny Agutter and Richard Jordan (6,3) |
| RUN | 1976 sci-fi film, Logan's --- (3) |
| EARTH | The Man Who Fell to -; 1976 sci-fi drama film starring David Bowie (5) |
| LOGANS | "___ Run" (1976 sci-fi film) |
| MAN | The Bicentennial ___ 1976 sci fi novelette by Isaac Asimov that was adapted into a 1999 film starring Robin Williams |
| CHILDREN | _ of Dune, 1976 sci-fi novel by Frank Herbert; the third in the Dune series (8) |
| UDINE | City in N.E. Italy which was damaged in a 1976 earthquake (5) |
| KINGKONG | Giant ape in a 1976 film of the same name (4,4) |
| HAILSTONE | One of these that fell in a town in Argentina in 2018 reportedly measured 9.3 inches across, the largest ever recorded |
| COLLAPSED | Sepal mixed in the cold fell in a heap (9) |
| GLOUCESTER | According to a nursery rhyme, the town where Doctor Foster fell in a puddle (10) |
| IRAE | "Deus ___" (1976 sci-fi novel) |
| ZIGGY | How David Roscoe is much better known in Hollyoaks (5) |