| CAROLSFORCHOIRS | Seasonal collection which started with a green book in 1961 and continued with an orange one in 1970 |
| OPERA | "Of Mice and Men" became one in 1970 |
| PULITZER | Award given to the book in 1961 |
| PEEL | I hope Ellen has enough for an orange one! (4) |
| DYE | Bloodroot produces an orange one |
| HARVEST | Part of wharves to be involved in seasonal collection (7) |
| INFERNO | Fourth book in the Dan Brown series which started with The Da Vinci Code (7) |
| TUDOR | English royal dynasty which started with Henry VII and ended with Elizabeth I (5) |
| ABL | The end of an old schoolroom sequence which started with Nom, Voc |
| SLY | Stone who hit No. 1 in 1970 with "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" |
| ABC | Song that knocked "Let It Be" out of #1 in 1970 |
| BENEKING | He had a Top Ten hit in 1961 and 1986 -- with the same song |
| RUDOLF | Kirov star ... Nureyev defected to the West in 1961 and formed a legendary partnership with Margot F |
| ELATUS | In Greek mythology, a centaur killed during a battle with Heracles by a poisoned arrow that passed through his arm and continued to wound Chiron in the knee |
| APOLLO | US space programme for landing astronauts on the moon, announced in 1961 and concluded in 1972 (6) |
| JUKEBOXJURY | BBC programme which started in 1959 in which a celebrity panel reviewed new record releases (4,3,4) |
| APES | Primates who rule a futuristic planet in a sci-fi film franchise which started in 1968 (4) |
| NYCSUBWAY | Test subject #4 perceives A and C as blue, B and D as orange, 1 and 2 as red; maybe she rides the .. |
| ANITA | Oscar-winning role for Rita Moreno, in 1961, and Ariana DeBose, in 2021 |
| OGARA | Matt .'..., Tipperary centre-field or half back who won All Ireland final winner's medals in 1961 and 1962 (1'4) |
