| BFG | The ___ , 1982 Roald Dahl novel |
| THEBFG | 1982 Roald Dahl book made into a 2016 Disney film |
| VERMICIOUSKNIDS | Shape-shifting alien antagonists of the 1972 Roald Dahl novel Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (10,5) |
| CASBAH | "Rock the ___" (1982 hit for the Clash) |
| BLACKTIDE | The ___, 1982 novel by Hammond Innes (5,4) |
| ANGELS | The ___, 1982 novel by Wilbur Smith (6,4) |
| SALT | Veruca -, winner of one of five Golden Tickets in 1964 Roald Dahl novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (4) |
| MATILDA | Roald Dahl novel in which the character Miss Trunchbull appears (7) |
| KRANKY | George's surname in the 1981 Roald Dahl novel George's Marvellous Medicine (6) |
| MEDICINE | George's Marvellous _; Roald Dahl novel (8) |
| TROT | Esio - - -, Roald Dahl novel |
| ESIOTROT | Roald Dahl novel |
| SKULLBENEATH | The ___, 1982 novel by P D James (5,7,3,4) |
| THING | The _, 1982 horror film based on the 1938 John W Campbell Jr novella Who Goes There? (5) |
| TIGER | Eye of the ___, 1982 hit for Survivor (5) |
| BLACKSTUFF | Boys From The ___, 1982 Liverpool-set BBC drama (10) |
| BONE | Bad to the ___ (1982 song) |
| TOY | "The ___" (1982 Pryor film) |
| SNAKE | "Union of the ___" (1982 Duran Duran hit) |
| SOMETIME | 1 and 2 1948 Roald Dahl novel subtitled A Fable for Supermen (4,4,5) |
