| UMBERTOECO | Writer of the 1980 novel, The Name of the Rose (7,3) |
| ECO | Umberto, author of the 1980 novel The Name of the Rose (3) |
| UMBERTO | _ Eco, author of the 1980 historical novel The Name of the Rose (7) |
| DAVIDLYNCH | Director of the 1980 film The Elephant Man (5,5) |
| EVERETT | Actor in the historical drama based on the novel The Name of the Rose, Rupert ------- (7) |
| LAKEPLACID | New York town that was the site of the 1980 Olympic "Miracle on Ice" (4,6) |
| CLEARLIGHT | 1980 Novel by Anita Desai (5,5) |
| ALCOCK | Author of the 1980 children's book The Haunting Of Cassie Palmer, Vivien _ (6) |
| THEROSE | Sean Connery film based on an Umberto Eco novel, The Name of ___ |
| JLCARR | Author of the 1980 novella A Month in the Country |
| THEBEAST | The -, 1980 novel by Robert A Heinlein (6,2,3,5) |
| NUMBEROF | The -, 1980 novel by Robert A Heinlein (6,2,3,5) |
| CRETANLOVER | 'The -', 1980 novel by Jack Higgins (6,5) |
| NAME | The _ Of The Rose, 1980 novel by author Umberto Eco (4) |
| ELLIS | Pen name of Edith Pargeter; author of 1980 novel Monk's Hood (5,6) |
| PETERS | Pen name of Edith Pargeter; author of 1980 novel Monk's Hood (5,6) |
| ITALY | Host of the 1980 Euro, when the tournament expanded to eight teams |
| GAUCHO | South American cowboy; the title of the 1980 Steely Dan album (6) |
| MIDDLEGROUND | The ____, a 1980 novel by Margaret Drabble, its central character a journalist called Kate Armstrong |
| CLEAR | '-- Light of Day', 1980 novel by Anita Desai (5) |
