| MAKEBELIEVE | Single released by Bucks Fizz in 1981, 'The Land of -' (4,7) |
| MIMOSA | Flowering shrub in Buck's fizz in Las Vegas (6) |
| INNUENDOES | Whispers where hotel clipped sequences by buck's partners (10) |
| VARGASLLOSA | Nobel Prize-winning (2010) Peruvian author of novels including La casa verde (1966; The Green House) and La guerra del fin del mundo (1981; The War of the End of the World) (6,5) |
| ARNOLDLAYNE | The first single released by The Pink Floyd, as they were then called |
| PLANETEARTH | Debut single released by Duran Duran in 1981 (6,5) |
| BLACKPARADE | Charity single released by Beyonce in 2020 (5,6) |
| FLASHGORDON | Comic strip hero inspired by Buck Rogers |
| SPARKLE | Word for glitter, an emission of fiery particles, scintillation, vivacity, the lustre of a diamond or the appearance of effervescence or fizz in champagne or pop (7) |
| JAYASTON | The youngest member of Bucks Fizz when they won the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest |
| CASBAH | Rock the _, single released by The Clash in 1982 (6) |
| ANARCHY | First single released by the Sex Pistols, ... In The UK |
| CLUBSODA | Provider of the fizz in a gin fizz |
| EUROVISION | In 1981, which contest did Bucks Fizz win for the UK by singing Making Your Mind Up? (10) |
| ASTON | Jay _, original Bucks Fizz singer, now part of The Fizz (5) |
| EVIL | Classic horror film of 1981, The - - - Dead (4) |
| EYEOFTHETIGER | Single, released by the US rock band Survivor, which was the theme song for the 1982 film Rocky III |
| HOLDING | - Back the Years; single released by Simply Red in 1985 (7) |
| HORSES | Wild -; single released by the Rolling Stones in 1971 (6) |
| EVERY | No.1 single released by The Police in 1983, ----- Breath You Take (5) |
