| MIKEY | Life-cereal spokeskid of the 1970s |
| OAT | One of the four grains in Life cereal |
| TAYLOR | Last name for the percussionist in Queen, a British rock band known for fusing heavy metal, glam rock, and camp theatrics to make it one of the most popular groups of the 1970s. (6) |
| DOUGHENNING | Popular magician of the 1970s who starred in the Broadway production of "Merlin": 2 wds. |
| SALYUT | Any of the seven Soviet space stations of the 1970s/80s (6) |
| WELLDONEBURGER | Compliment to the Chief Justice of the 1970s? |
| AMIN | Mobutu's across-the-border counterpart of the 1970s |
| FLARE | The favourite trouser style of the 1970s |
| CEY | Dodgers third baseman of the 1970s nicknamed "The Penguin" |
| GOODIES | The - - -, surreal comedy trio of the 1970s and 1980s (7) |
| UNGER | Felix of the 1970s sitcom The Odd Couple |
| OSMONDS | The ___, US family singing group of the 1970s (7) |
| ALADDINSANE | One of David Bowie's many alter egos of the 1970s |
| BLAXPLOITATION | Genre of the 1970s movies "Foxy Brown" and "Three the Hard Way" |
| ABBA | Swedish pop band of the 1970s that inspired the musical "Mamma Mia!" |
| NOT | ___ The Nine O'Clock News, comedy sketch show of the 1970s and 80s (3) |
| SWEENEY | The _, classic police drama of the 1970s with John Thaw (7) |
| PARTRIDGE | The _ Family, US musical sitcom of the 1970s which starred David Cassidy (9) |
| THEFRENCHCONNECTION | Best Picture winner of the 1970s, or what five of this puzzle's answers have |
| MUPPETSHOW | Popular half-hour sketch comedy of the 1970s-'80s, with "The" |
