| NEEL | Louis ---, joint recipient of the 1970 Nobel Prize in Physics |
| LOUIS | and 4dn, Joint recipient of the 1970 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on magnetism |
| ARAFAT | Joint recipient of the 1994 Nobel Prize for Peace, Yasser ... |
| MALALAYOUSAFZAI | Joint recipient of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize (6,9) |
| LEWIS | Surname of the 1970 collection of essays "God in the Dock" (5) |
| RONHARRIS | Chelsea defender who neutralised Eddie Gray in one of the rough moments of the 1970 FA Cup Final replay |
| GERMAINEGREER | Author of the 1970 best-seller "The Female Eunuch" |
| LILL | John ___, British pianist; joint winner of the 1970 International Tchaikovsky competition (4) |
| LIONEL | Mr. Jeffries, director of the 1970 film The Railway Children (6) |
| SOHO | London setting of the 1970 hit Lola by English rock band The Kinks (4) |
| PELE | Star of the 1970 World Cup |
| MELANIE | One-named singer/songwriter of the 1970 Woodstock-inspired hit "Lay Down" |
| MEADOWBANK | ___ Stadium, Edinburgh home of the 1970 and 1986 Commonwealth Games (10) |
| RAYREARDON | Winner of the 1970 World Snooker Championship (3,7) |
| JIMLOVELL | Commander of the 1970 Apollo 13 lunar mission (3,6) |
| GLORIASTEINEM | Co-organizer of the 1970 Women's Strike for Equality |
| RINDT | Jochen ___, posthumous winner of the 1970 F1 World Drivers' Championship (5) |
| REARDON | Ray ?, winner of the 1970 World Snooker Championship (7) |
| DICKEY | James, author of the 1970 novel Deliverance (6) |
| FILO | John who won a Pulitzer for his photograph of the 1970 Kent State shootings |
