| POHL | Sci-fi writer whose career spans more than 70 years |
| BALLARD | J. G. ___, sci-fi writer whose novels include Crash and High-Rise (7) |
| SALMONRUSHDIE | Writer whose career has been mostly upstream? |
| ANNLECKIE | Sci-fi author whose 2013 novel Ancillary Justice won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards: 2 wds. |
| CONNIEWILLIS | Sci-fi author whose 2010 two-volume novel Blackout/All Clear won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards: 2 wds. |
| NKJEMISIN | Sci-fi author whose 2017 novel The Stone Sky won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards: 3 wds. |
| OED | Publication whose first ed. took more than 70 years to complete |
| ROBINSONS | Official soft drinks supplier at Wimbledon for more than 70 years (9) |
| ROGERMOORE | English actor, 1927-2017, knighted in 2003, who worked in films and TV for more than 70 years (5,5) |
| GELDING | Funny Cide was the first one to win the Kentucky Derby in more than 70 years |
| ROBERT | Mr Redford, iconic actor whose career spans sixty years (6) |
| KYLIE | Pop sensation whose career spans thirty years, _ Minogue (5) |
| MINOGUE | Aussie pop princess whose career spans five decades (5,7) |
| LULU | Shout singer whose career spans seven decades (4) |
| SAM | Soliman: Aussie whose career spans 1997-2024. (3) |
| ESAU | Brother mentioned more than 70 times in Genesis |
| RAWLS | Lou with more than 70 albums |
| IMAGINE | More than 70 artists have recorded covers of which John Lennon song? (7) |
| UTTOXETER | Staffordshire town, reputedly spelt in more than 70 ways since it was "Wotocheshede" in the Domesday Book |
| ALANAYCKBOURN | English playwright, born 1939, who has written more than 70 plays, 10 of them making it to Broadway (4,9) |
