| MULDOON | Robert David --, Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1975 to 1984 (7) |
| ONEDAYATATIME | CBS sitcom about a divorced mother raising two teenaged daughters that ran from 1975 to 1984: 5 wds. |
| NANETTE | Ms. Fabray of 1975 to 1984 sitcom "One Day at a Time" |
| WEBB | Surname of Robert, David Mitchell's comedy partner who withdrew from Strictly in 2021 due to health reasons (4) |
| CSI | Series for Robert David Hall |
| LANGE | David --, Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1984 to 1989 (5) |
| MALCOLM | Australian Liberal statesman who served as Prime Minister from 1975 to 1983 (7,6) |
| CAMERON | David -, prime minister |
| BURKINA | Landlocked country of western Africa known from 1960 to 1984 as Upper Volta (7,4) |
| PLUNKET | Irish aristocrat, Governor of New Zealand from 1904-1910, whose name is in the title of an organisation founded by Frederic Truby King (7) |
| TOHEROA | Mollusc of New Zealand from which a greenish soup is made (7) |
| ACCLAIM | The last Triumph car model, produced from 1981 to 1984 (7) |
| NUMERIC | Relating to 1984, say, Scargill's men turning wrath on Conservative (7) |
| TORVILL | Ice dancing world champions from 1981 to 1984, ... and Dean |
| PISCOPO | Joe on "SNL" from 1980 to 1984 |
| MALCOLMFRASER | The Prime Minister of Australia from 1975 to 1983 (7,6) |
| FRASER | Australian Liberal statesman who served as Prime Minister from 1975 to 1983 (7,6) |
| BENGURION | David ***- ****** , prime minister named in Tel Aviv's main airport (3-6) |
| SOPHIA | Wife of Juan Carlos I, Queen of Spain from 1975 to 2014 (6) |
| NORTHERNER | Overnight passenger train between Wellington and Auckland in New Zealand that operated from 1975 to 2004 |
