| LEAUD | Jean-Pierre ___, actor who starred as Antoine Doinel in a series of films including 1959's The 400 B |
| OLMECS | Members of the first Mesoamerican civilization (c. 1000-400 B.C.) along the southern Gulf coast of M |
| ERICLIDDELL | Scottish athlete who won gold in the 400 metres at the 1924 Paris Olympics and whose exploits featured in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire (4,7) |
| SHARRONDAVIES | TV presenter who won a silver medal in the 400 metre individual medley at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow |
| MORE | Kenneth, actor whose film roles included Richard Hannay in 1959's The 39 Steps (4) |
| KATIELEDECKY | Swimmer who broke the world records in the 400- and 800-meter women's freestyle in Rio: 2 wds. |
| HEMERY | David, British ex-runner who won gold in the 400 metres hurdles at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City (6) |
| CHARLTONHESTON | Winner of a Best Actor Oscar for playing Judah Ben-Hur the title role of 1959's Best Picture: 2 wds. |
| EDELWEISS | Last song written by Rodgers and Hammerstein, from 1959's The Sound of Music (9) |
| GUNNELL | Sally -; British athlete who won the 1992 Olympic gold medal in the 400 m hurdles (7) |
| ADDINGTON | Swimmer who won two gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 400- and 800-metre freestyle (9) |
| SALLY | British athlete who won the 1992 Olympic gold medal in the 400 metres hurdles, _ Gunnell (5) |
| TONYCURTIS | Actor who starred with Jack Lemmon in 1959's Some Like It Hot (4,6) |
| BADBLOOD | Dwight Eisenhower was 1959's Person of the Year, for smoothing over the ___ between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. |
| BLOCH | Robert _, US author of novels including 1959's Psycho (5) |
| PLATO | Thinker of 400 B. C. |
| LIDDELL | Winner of the 400 metres in the 1924 Olympics |
| KISSOFLIFE | Display of affection for old French biography - a revival with The 400 Blows, for instance! (4,2,4) |
| SANDRA | ...... Farmer-Patrick, runner-up to Sally Gunnell in the 400 metres hurdles at the 1992 Olympics (6) |
| WAYDEVANNIEKERK | Who broke the 400 m world record to win gold at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics? |
