| GELLMANN | Murray --, winner of the 1969 Nobel Prize in Physics (4-4) |
| BECKETT | What was the surname of Samuel, the Irish playwright and winner of the 1969 Nobel Prize for Literature? (7) |
| DELBRUCK | Max, German-born US biologist who shared a 1969 Nobel Prize for work on bacteriophages (8) |
| TONYBOOK | 1956-64 Bath City, 1964-66 Plymouth Argyle and 1966-74 Man City defender; winner of the 1969 FA Cup and 1970 European Cup Winners' Cup finals (4,4) |
| SUNDANCE | Robert Redford and Paul Newman were the stars of the 1969 film Butch Cassidy And The ... Kid |
| INTREPID | The Lunar module of the 1969 Apollo 12 mission |
| INTELSAT | It transmitted images of the 1969 moon landing |
| TOMMYROE | Singer of the 1969 #1 hit 'Dizzy' |
| VONNEGUT | Kurt _, author of the 1969 novel Slaughterhouse-Five (8) |
| KENLOACH | Director of the 1969 film Kes (3,5) |
| PENELOPE | Author of the 1969 children's novel Charlotte Sometimes, _ Farmer (8) |
| ILO | Initialism for the United Nations agency awarded the 1969 Nobel Peace Prize (1,1,1) |
| LUPU | Radu ___, winner of the 1969 Leeds International Pianoforte Competition (4) |
| LULU | Scottish singer born Marie Mcdonald Mclaughlin Lawrie; winner of the 1969 Eurovision Song Contest (4) |
| LAVER | Rod ___, winner of the 1969 Wimbledon singles tennis championship (5) |
| EASY | What completes the title of the 1969 Peter Fonda film, ___ Rider? (4) |
| MAYAANGELOU | American author of the 1969 autobiography I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings (4,7) |
| MARIOPUZO | Author of the 1969 crime novel The Godfather (5,4) |
| EPA | Org. established in the wake of the 1969 Cuyahoga River fire |
| SUNDANCEKID | Robert Redford and Paul Newman were the stars of the 1969 film Butch Cassidy And The ... (8,3) |
