| GROK | Word for "understand" coined in a 1961 sci-fi novel |
| SOLARIS | 2002 Soderbergh film based on a 1961 sci-fi novel |
| STANISLAWLEM | Polish author of the 1961 Sci-fi novel Solaris |
| PAKISTAN | Country whose name was coined in a pamphlet published on this day in 1933 |
| NEPOBABIES | Term for the famous children of famous parents that was coined in a tweet about Maude Apatow |
| CROMULENT | Acceptable, fine, as coined in a "Simpsons" episode |
| YUCCA | "The Beast of ___ Flats" (1961 sci-fi bomb) |
| THEDAY | , 4D & 25A 1961 sci-fi film starring Janet Munro and Leo McKern |
| TEENIE | Like a yellow polka dot bikini in a 1961 No. 1 hit |
| BOMP | Nonsense word in a 1961 Barry Mann hit |
| RAMA | Word before 'Ding Dong' in a 1961 hit by the Edsels |
| CAUGHTFIRE | 1961 sci-fi film starring Janet Munro and Leo McKern (3,3,3,5,6,4) |
| THEEARTH | 1961 sci-fi film starring Janet Munro and Leo McKern (3,3,3,5,6,4) |
| NATALIEWOOD | Actress who starred in a 1961 musical in which her singing voice was dubbed by Marni Nixon (7,4) |
| TIFFANYS | Establishment outside which breakfast is consumed in the opening scene of in a 1961 film rom-con |
| FASTEDDIE | Minnesota Fats rival in a 1961 film |
| NAVARONE | Site of German guns in a 1961 movie |
| YAS | Title syllables in a 1961 Lee Dorsey hit |
| MIRACLES | Pocketful in a 1961 Capra title |
| ELCID | Spanish folk hero played by Charlton Heston in a 1961 film. (2,3) |
