| NEWCOMBE | John ___, winner of the 1973 US Open singles tennis championship (8) |
| THESTING | Winner of the 1973 Oscar for Best Picture. (3,5) |
| ISNER | John ___, winner of the Heineken Open singles tennis championship in 2010 and 2014 (5) |
| MCENROE | John ___, winner of the 1981 Wimbledon singles tennis championship (7) |
| BILLIEJEANKING | Winner of the 1973 "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match |
| REALLIFE | 1979 Albert Brooks film that it is a spoof of the 1973 reality television series An American Family |
| PART | John ___, winner of the 2003 PDC World Darts Championship (4) |
| STEINBECK | John ___, winner of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature (9) |
| LORENZ | Konrad ?, Austrian psychologist, zoologist and ethologist; joint-winner of the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
| OKKER | Tom, winner with John Newcombe of the 1973 French Open men's doubles tennis title (5) |
| MILLER | Johnny ...... , 1973 US Open golf champion (6) |
| ECLIPSE | Final track of the 1973 Pink Floyd album The Dark Side of the Moon |
| ILIE | First name of the 1973 French Open winner |
| ASTRODOME | Site of the 1973 Riggs/King "Battle of the Sexes" |
| JACOBBRONOWSKI | Presenter and writer of the 1973 BBC series The Ascent of Man |
| OJAY | Any of the singers of the 1973 hit "Love Train" |
| BILLIEHOLIDAY | Jazz singer who was the subject of the 1973 biopic Lady Sings the Blues (6,7) |
| ROE | __ v. Wade, landmark 1973 US Supreme Court decision on abortion rights (3) |
| JACKAL | 'The Day of the --', 1973 thriller film (6) |
| NEWMATH | Failed school curriculum that was the subject of the 1973 book "Why Johnny Can't Add" |
