| THEGODFATHER | What film was banned in Russia from 1972 to 1990 because it "romanticised the criminal world"? (3,9) |
| RACKET | Big noise in the criminal world? (6) |
| EDMONDROSTAND | French dramatist who romanticised the life of Cyrano de Bergerac (6,7) |
| TITANIC | At the time of its release, what film was the most expensive ever made, with a $200 million budget? (7) |
| THEUNDERGROUND | Metro for the criminal world! (3,11) |
| REEL | What film was once stored on (4) |
| BOBBYFISCHER | American Grandmaster who beat Boris Spassky in Reykjavik in 1972 to become the 11th World Chess Champion |
| KURTWALDHEIM | Secretary General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981 (4,8) |
| GOUGHWHITLAM | Prime minister of Australia from 1972 to 1975 (5,7) |
| OVEREXPOSURE | What films and excessively publicised film-stars may suffer from! (12) |
| DIRECTACTION | What film-makers do as a form of protest? (6,6) |
| STROGANOV | Family which was influential in Russia from the time of Ivan Terrible until the Russian revolution in 1917 (9) |
| GASLIGHT | Released in 1944, what film's name was adopted in the 1990s to describe psychological manipulation of a person? (8) |
| CZAR | (One spelling of) a form of the ancient Roman imperial title, used in Russia from the 16th century (4) |
| DUMA | The principal legislative assembly in Russia from 1906 to 1917 and since 1993 (4) |
| CANCER | Henry Miller's semi-autobiographical novel which was banned in the US until the 60s, Tropic Of ... |
| CAPRICORN | Henry Miller's semi-autobiographical novel which was banned in the US until the 60s, Tropic Of ... |
| TROPIC | Henry Miller's semi-autobiographical novel which was banned in the US until the 60s, ... Of Cancer |
| OMNI | ___ Coliseum (home to the Atlanta Hawks from 1972 to 1997) |
| WATERGATE | Political scandal in the United States from 1972 to 1974 (9) |
