| AMRITRAJ | Vijay -, Indian tennis player who acted in films Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and Octopussy (8) |
| ROSENMAN | Leonard, composer of the score to Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (8) |
| CLARENCE | - House; Grade I royal residence in London that takes its name from the title of the duke and prince who became William IV the "Sailor King" (8) |
| PRIYANKA | Upendra's wife who acted in Tamil cinema before changing her name after marriage.(first name) (8) |
| NIMOY | "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home" director |
| VOYAGE | Star Trek IV: The ____ Home, fourth in the original series of films, released in 1986 (6) |
| MOURNING | 12 9's 3s 4: the Guardian's name's in China (8) |
| KRISHNAN | Ramesh or Ramnathan of Indian tennis (8) |
| CABCALLOWAY | Songwriter-bandleader who acted in films The Cincinnati Kid and The Blues Brothers (3,8) |
| COOLIDGE | Rita _, recording artist who sang the theme to Octopussy (8) |
| LEAPYEAR | Two thousand and four the next one |
| IV | Star Trek ___: The Voyage Home; 1986 sequel |
| NORTON | Ken ___, March-June, 1978 WBC heavyweight champion who acted in films Drum and Mandingo (6) |
| PEGG | Simon ___, comic actor who played Scotty in 2009 action film Star Trek (4) |
| SPYSTORY | "Octopussy," e.g. |
| BERKOFF | Actor noted for villainous roles in films such as Rambo and Octopussy and the mini-series War & Remembrance (7) |
| ADAMS | Swedish actress and model seen as two different Bond girls in The Man with the Golden Gun and Octopussy (4,5) |
| MAUD | Swedish actress and model seen as two different Bond girls in The Man with the Golden Gun and Octopussy (4,5) |
| SANIA | ___ Mirza, retired Indian tennis star who was ranked No. 1 in the world in doubles |
| SULU | Name of the helmsman in the 1960s TV series Star Trek (4) |