| STAROFLENIN | Sheep shearing whizz Godfrey Bowen was awarded two top Soviet awards in 1963, the Hero of Socialist |
| QUANT | Mary ____ was the first winner of the Dress of the Year award, in 1963 |
| SHEARER | Actress Moira or fleece trimmer (New Zealand's Godfrey Bowen was the world's best) |
| LENIN | Soviet award instituted in 1930, the Order of ... |
| EDEL | Leon who won both a Pulitzer and a National Book Award in 1963 |
| YURIANDROPOV | Top Soviet, once |
| BURLEYGRIFFIN | Created by the damming of the Molonglo River in 1963, the lake in the middle of Canberra is named for the city's designer, Walter ... (6,7) |
| SCANDAL | Christine Keeler was the call-girl at the heart of Britain's political crisis of 1963, the so-called |
| DEREKUNDERWOOD | Kent and England cricketer who took 100 wickets in his debut in 1963, the youngest player ever to do so in a debut season (5,9) |
| ERNIEWISE | In 1963 the Beatles sang Moonlight Bay for the BBC with Eric Morecambe and this comedian (5,4) |
| COMB | What is the lower, fixed cutting part of a handpiece of a sheep shearing machine? (4) |
| CUBA | In February 1963, the world was gripped by a conflict between Khrushchev and Kennedy, known later as the ... Missile Crisis |
| COOPER | With a left hook dubbed "Enry's Ammer" that floored Muhammad Ali (then Cassius Clay) in 1963, the only man ever to win three Lonsdale belts outright (6) |
| ALECSTEWART | Born in 1963, the fourth-most-capped English Test cricketer (4,7) |
| ERICGATES | Ipswich Town striker awarded two England caps in 1980, against Norway and Romania |
| ERIC | Ipswich Town striker awarded two England caps in 1980, against Norway and Romania (4,5) |
| GATES | Ipswich Town striker awarded two England caps in 1980, against Norway and Romania (4,5) |
| AURORA | Norwegian singer-songwriter who has had two top-ten albums in the UK (6) |
| DOUBLEHEADER | Two top sections of a page about two games played on same day (6-6) |
| ONEAL | Basketball player with two Top 40 songs in the 1990s |
