| WATER | The ---, 1972 novel by John Irving (5) |
| METHOD | 'The ---', 1972 novel by John Irving (5-6,3) |
| MAN | 'The ---', 1972 novel by John Irving (5-6,3) |
| EIGER | "The _____ Sanction" (1975 movie of the 1972 novel by the same name) |
| MEANY | 'A Prayer for Owen -', novel by John Irving (5) |
| LEVIN | Ira ***** , US author who wrote the 1972 novel 'The Stepford Wives' (5) |
| RAMBO | Sylvester Stallone movie based on the 1972 novel First Blood (5) |
| ADAMS | Author of the 1972 novel Watership Down, Richard _ (5) |
| LEVANTER | "The ...", 1972 novel by Eric Ambler (8) |
| ODESSAFILE | The -, 1972 novel by Frederick Forsyth (6,4) |
| FILE | 'The --', 1972 novel by Frederick Forsyth (6,4) |
| ODESSA | 'The --', 1972 novel by Frederick Forsyth (6,4) |
| SETTLERS | The -, 1972 novel by Meyer Levin |
| HOUSERULES | 1985 novel by John Irving (3,5,5,5) |
| THECIDER | 1985 novel by John Irving (3,5,5,5) |
| CIDERHOUSE | 'The - Rules', novel by John Irving (5,5) |
| MUMBO | 1972 novel by Ishmael Reed (5,5) |
| NIGHT | 1972 novel by Edna O"Brien (5) |
| CRASH | 1972 novel by J.G. Ballard (5) |
| CHIMERA | 1972 novel by John Barth (7) |
