| BMW | Manufacturer who had to wait 75 years for a solo win after pre-second World War success for Georg Meier. (3) |
| FONDA | Actor who had to wait 41 years from his first Oscar nomination to his first win |
| BYJOVE | Bishop finds Joy miserable at second World War success - it's a surprise! (2,4) |
| KRAUSER | Manufacturer who had success in the 1980s in such disparate classes as 80cc and Sidecars. (7) |
| SUNBEAM | UK marque, noted for bikes, motorbikes, cars, and aircraft engines pre World War II (7) |
| EIGHT | This number, often used as a model name pre World War II, represented the RAC horsepower figure of c. 900-950cc small car engines (5) |
| ISSEI | Pre-World War II Japanese immigrant |
| QUARANTINE | This English word is from the Italian for "40 days," the amount of time a ship suspected of carrying disease had to wait to dock in Venice |
| CONSERVE | A prisoner had to wait in order to maintain support (8) |
| THESERVANT | The main actor had to wait to be in this movie role (3,7) |
| ERTE | Artist called "a mirror of fashion for 75 years" |
| EKE | ___ out a victory (win after a struggle) |
| OPENTHEPRESENTS | What to do after pre-Christmas preparations |
| REDDEN | A left-winger who had to study had to blush (6) |
| THOMAS | Will Rogers was at his best as a small-town fellow who had to deal with a variety of eccentric and p |
| WENDYWILLIAMS | TV star who had to take a hiatus from her talk show to address her Graves' disease: 2 wds. |
| MAMMAMIA | 2008 movie with the line "You wait 20 years for a dad and then three come along at once" (2 wds.) |
| HALLEY | His comet returns to our vicinity about every 75 years (6) |
| AMRIT | Azadi ka _____ mahotsav (Commemoration for 75 years of independence) |
| LILLIANGISH | Actress whose film career spanned 75 years, from 1912 to 1987 |
