| NOSTROMO | Name of the spacecraft in the 1979 sci-fi film Alien directed by Ridley Scott (8) |
| JOHNHURT | Actor who played Kane, first on-screen victim of the xenomorph, in the 1979 sci-fi film Alien (4,4) |
| HRGIGER | Swiss artist known for his design of the creature in 1979 sci-fi film Alien (1,1,5) |
| EUCLID | As dirt is removed from the spacecraft in Doctor Who (6) |
| MCDOWELL | Malcolm ?, actor who portrayed H G Wells in 1979 sci-fi film drama Time After Time (8) |
| SKERRITT | Tom ___, US actor whose roles include Dallas in 1979 horror film Alien (8) |
| CAPSULES | Medicine in the spacecraft? (8) |
| LANGELLA | Frank, actor who starred in the 1979 film Dracula (8) |
| RICHARDS | Batsman scored an unbeaten 138 in the 1979 Cricket World Cup final, leading West Indies to victory against England.(Last Name) (8) |
| NEWT | Character played by 10-year-old actress Carrie Henn in the 1986 sci-fi film Aliens (4) |
| HOLE | The -, 1979 sci- fi film starring Maximilian Schell and Anthony Perkins (5,4) |
| BLACK | The -, 1979 sci- fi film starring Maximilian Schell and Anthony Perkins (5,4) |
| ASH | Science officer of the Nostromo in the 1979 science fiction horror film Alien, played by Ian Holm (3) |
| SPLASHDOWN | Landing of a spacecraft in the sea at the end of a space flight (10) |
| ENTERPRISE | USS -; name of Captain James T. Kirk's spacecraft in the original Star Trek series (10) |
| CASSINIHUYGENS | U.S.-European space mission to Saturn launched in 1997. After multiple flybys of the planet and its moons, a probe detached from the spacecraft and landed on Titan in 2005. Controllers sent the remain |
| RIPLEY | Character played by Sigourney Weaver in the 1979 film Alien (6) |
| ALIEN | 1979 sci-fi film directed by Ridley Scott (5) |
| AGUTTER | Jenny, actress who played Clara Dollmann in the 1979 film The Riddle of the Sands (7) |
| DEREK | Bo, professional name of the U.S. actress who starred in the 1979 comedy film 10 with Dudley Moore (5) |
