| JEANPAULSARTRE | Winner of the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature (4-4,6) |
| HODGKIN | Dorothy ___, winner of the 1964 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (7) |
| PENICILLIN | Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, winner of the 1964 Nobel Prize, discovered the structure of this antibiotic which was originally discovered by Alexander Fleming |
| TOWNES | Charles Hard ?, co-recipient of the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics |
| SARTRE | French writer who refused the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| LEMA | Winner of the 1964 British Open |
| MLK | Dr. who won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize |
| EDDIESACHS | Driver known as the 'Clown Prince of Auto Racing' killed in a seven-car crash on the second lap of the 1964 Indianapolis 500 |
| AVAGARDNER | Star of the 1964 film The Night Of The Iguana, born on Christmas Eve 1922 (3,7) |
| ROALDDAHL | Author of the 1964 novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (5,4) |
| CLEO | Who was the subject of the 1964 Carry On film? (4) |
| IVES | Singer Burl ___ (narrator of the 1964 animated classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer) |
| DAKOTAS | Billy J Kramer and the _, singers of the 1964 hit Little Children (7) |
| RENFRO | Hall of Famer Mel of the 1964-77 Cowboys |
| LULU | Singer of the 1964 song Shout (4) |
| TEVYE | Milkman protagonist of the 1964 musical Fiddler on the Roof by Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick and Joseph Stein (5) |
| INNSBRUCK | Site of the 1964 & 1976 Winter Games |
| CUKOR | Director of the 1964 musical film My Fair Lady (5) |
| UNISPHERE | Symbol of the 1964 New York World's Fair |
| REXHARRISON | Oscar-winning star of the 1964 musical drama film My Fair Lady (3,8) |