| AGUTTER | Jenny, actress who played Clara Dollmann in the 1979 film The Riddle of the Sands (7) |
| TOYAH | Ms Wilcox, singer/actress who played Miranda in the 1979 film The Tempest (5) |
| JENNA | ___ Coleman, actress who played Clara Oswald in Doctor Who (5) |
| SCHRODER | Ricky, child actor who appeared in 1979 film The Champ (8) |
| ERSKINE | Mr. Childers, author of 1903 novel The Riddle of the Sands (7) |
| BODEREK | Actress who played the ten in the 1979 film 10: 2 wds. |
| OEDIPUS | King of Thebes who solved the riddle of the sphinx (7) |
| HOFFMAN | Actor who plays Ted Kramer in the 1979 film Kramer vs. Kramer (last name only) |
| SCOOTER | Vehicle that features heavily in the 1979 film Quadrophenia (7) |
| CHILDERS | Erskine. author of the 1903 novel The Riddle Of The Sands (8) |
| SPYSTORY | Pick out point by British politician in The Riddle of the Sands, for instance (3,5) |
| ERSKINECHILDERS | The Riddle of the Sands author clinked sherries roughly (7,8) |
| KINSKI | Klaus, actor who played the title role in the 1979 film Woyzeck (6) |
| MELGIBSON | Actor who played the title character in the 1979 film Mad Max |
| DONALDPLEASENCE | Actor who played psychiatrist Dr Samuel Loomis in the 1979 film Halloween (6,9) |
| CANE | One of man's three legs, in the riddle of the Sphinx |
| DEREK | Bo, professional name of the U.S. actress who starred in the 1979 comedy film 10 with Dudley Moore (5) |
| JOHNHURT | Actor who played Kane, first on-screen victim of the xenomorph, in the 1979 sci-fi film Alien (4,4) |
| DRAX | Hugo, Bond villain played by French actor Michael Lonsdale in the 1979 film Moonraker (4) |
| MYSTERYGUEST | I hear an American poet solved the riddle of the pseudo hotel patron ... (7,5) |
