| MERCKX | Winner of the 1974 Tour de France (6) |
| EDDY | & 4D Winner of the 1974 Tour de France (4,6) |
| EDDYMERCKX | Cyclist who won the 1974 Tour de France (4,6) |
| ALISON | Author of the 1974 novel The War Beween The Tates (6,5) |
| NADINE | ___ Gordimer, South African recipient of the 1974 Booker Prize and the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature (6) |
| LERNER | Winner with Frederick Loewe of the 1974 Tony Award for Best Original Score |
| HUGGEET | Welsh golfer; winner of the 1974 Portuguese Open and 1978 B.A./Avis Open tournaments (7) |
| BRIAN | Welsh golfer; winner of the 1974 Portuguese Open and 1978 B.A./Avis Open tournaments (5) |
| ABBA | Winners of the 1974 Eurovision with 'Waterloo' (4) |
| LURIE | Author of the 1974 novel The War Beween The Tates (6,5) |
| SATO | Japanese winner of the 1974 Nobel Peace Prize |
| DICKTAYLER | New Zealander who won the 10,000m on the opening day of the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch (4,6) |
| ALANJAY | And 23 Winner with Frederick Loewe of the 1974 Tony Award for Best Original Score for the show Gigi |
| BARRYWHITE | Deep-voiced singer of the 1974 No 1 You’re the First, the Last, My Everything |
| MIA | Actress Farrow of the 1974 film "The Great Gatsby" |
| ROMANPOLANSKI | Director of the 1974 movie, Chinatown (5,8) |
| STANLEYMIDDLETON | Author of the 1974 Booker Prize winning novel Holiday |
| STREAKER | Notorious interrupter of the 1974 Oscars |
| STONE | US author of the 1974 novel Dog Soldiers, Robert _ (5) |
| HAL | Actor Holbrook of the 1974-'76 miniseries "Lincoln" |
