| REESMOGG | William, journalist who edited The Times from 1967 to 1981 (4-4) |
| REGGIEJACKSON | Right fielder who struck out 2597 times from 1967 to 1987 first on the all-time list: 2 wds. |
| CAREW | All-Star 18 consecutive times from 1967 to 1984 |
| LANSBURY | George, ex-Labour Party leader who edited the Daily Herald from 1913 to 1922 (8) |
| LAROUSSE | Pierre ___, French lexicographer who edited the Grand Dictionnaire universel du XIXe siecle (8) |
| SLAMDUNK | Basketball shot where a player leaps above the hoop, banned by the NCAA from 1967 to 1976 (4,4) |
| KEKKONEN | Urho ___, eighth and longest- serving President of Finland, in office from 1956 to 1981 (8) |
| GOVERNOR | Which administrative position of NSW did Sir Roden Cutler hold from 1966 to 1981 (8) |
| DEFINITE | Certain extract from bulletin, if edited the wrong way (8) |
| NAKEDEYE | Yankee editor briefly edited the Observer, unassisted (5,3) |
| OVERSEEN | Had supervised while one edited the poetry in it |
| RHETORIC | Eric Roth edited 'The Art of Oratory' (8) |
| JAMESON | Journalist and broadcaster who edited the Daily Mirror, Daily Express, Daily Star and News Of The World in the 1970s and '80s (5,7) |
| MAXHASTINGS | Military historian who edited the Daily Telegraph from 1986 to 1995 (3,8) |
| REASON | John - - - , former Telegraph rugby correspondent who edited the seminal book The Lions Speak (6) |
| WELLS | Ida B. who edited the Memphis Free Speech and Headlight |
| BOTTOMLEY | Horatio, financier born in 1860 who edited the magazine John Bull (9) |
| MURRAY | James who edited the OED |
| LUCAS | Marcia who edited the "Star Wars" trilogy |
| CARTER | "You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through." She was first lady in the United States from 1977 to 1981. Who said this? |
