| 1973 Burt Reynolds western film | 31 |
| 1973 Burt Reynolds movie | 24 |
| 1973 Bruce Lee classic | 22 |
| 1973 Broadway revival starring Debbie Reynolds | 46 |
| 1973 book subtitled "The Millennium Science" | 54 |
| 1973 blaxploitation film about a female secret agent busting drug traffickers | 77 |
| 1973 Best Supporting Actress | 28 |
| 1973 Best Picture nominee | 25 |
| 1973 Best Picture | 17 |
| 1973 Alice Cooper song | 22 |
| 1973 Ali jaw-breaker | 20 |
| 1973 album featuring the song "Photograph" | 52 |
| 1973 album featuring "Photograph" | 43 |
| 1973 "Love Train" singers, with "the" | 57 |
| 1973 "Dirty Harry" sequel | 35 |
| 1973 #1 Rolling Stones hit | 26 |
| 1973 #1 hit for the Stones | 26 |
| 1973 #1 hit for the Rolling Stones | 34 |
| 1973 #1 hit "___ an American Band" | 44 |
| 1972-97 senator Sam | 19 |
| 1972-83 sitcom | 14 |
| 1972-77 Broadway musical | 24 |
| 1972, with "The" | 26 |
| 1972 Woody Allen film shown on Encore, appropriately? | 53 |
| 1972 Winter Olympics site | 25 |
| 1972 Winter Games site | 22 |
| 1972 winner | 11 |
| 1972 Wimbledon winner Smith | 27 |
| 1972 White House biography subtitled "The Years Alone" | 64 |
| 1972 video game debut | 21 |
| 1972 U.S./U.S.S.R. pact | 23 |
| 1972 U.S./U.S.S.R. missile pact | 31 |
| 1972 U.S./Soviet pact | 21 |
| 1972 U.S./Soviet missile agreement | 34 |
| 1972 U.S. Open winner Nastase | 29 |
| 1972 U.S. Open finalist | 23 |
| 1972 U.S. Open champion | 23 |
| 1972 U.S. Open champ Nastase | 28 |
| 1972 U.S. Open champ | 20 |
| 1972 treaty subjects, briefly | 29 |
| 1972 treaty subj. | 17 |
| 1972 top 10 hit that's seven minutes long | 45 |
| 1972 top 10 hit that was over 7 minutes long | 44 |
| 1972 top 10 hit going over seven minutes | 40 |
| 1972 Summer Olympics star | 25 |
| 1972 Summer Olympics site | 25 |
| 1972 Summer Olympics notable | 28 |
| 1972 summer games gold medalist | 31 |
| 1972 Staple Singers #1 hit | 26 |
| 1972 song or 1999 movie | 23 |
| 1972 self-titled pop album | 26 |
| 1972 sci-fi TV series | 21 |
| 1972 Sammy Davis Jr. hit | 24 |
| 1972 rock hit recorded with the London Festival Orchestra | 57 |
| 1972 Robert Altman film | 23 |
| 1972 Pulitzer winner for Commentary | 35 |
| 1972 pop hit with a never-ending chorus | 39 |
| 1972 pact signed by Nixon and Brezhnev | 38 |
| 1972 Oscar-winning actor | 24 |
| 1972 Oscar refuser | 18 |
| 1972 Olympics star Mark | 23 |
| 1972 Olympics star | 18 |
| 1972 Olympics site | 18 |
| 1972 Olympics sensation Mark | 28 |
| 1972 Olympics city | 18 |
| 1972 Olympic swimming sensation | 31 |
| 1972 Olympic standout Mark | 26 |
| 1972 Olympic phenom | 19 |
| 1972 Olympic gold medalist | 26 |
| 1972 Olympian Korbut | 20 |
| 1972 Nixon host | 15 |
| 1972 Neil Young hit | 19 |
| 1972 Neil Diamond tune | 22 |
| 1972 musical with the song "Summer Nights" | 52 |
| 1972 musical or its 2013 revival | 32 |
| 1972 movie about an African vampire | 35 |
| 1972 missile pact | 17 |
| 1972 Minnelli-Grey movie | 24 |
| 1972 Michael Jackson single | 27 |
| 1972 Michael Jackson hit | 24 |
| 1972 Match of the Century participant | 37 |
| 1972 Match of the Century name | 30 |
| 1972 Maggie Smith comedy/adventure | 34 |
| 1972 Lemmon/Wilder film | 23 |
| 1972 Lemmon/Wilder comedy | 25 |
| 1972 law that benefited women's athletics | 45 |
| 1972 Kentucky Derby winner ___ Ridge | 36 |
| 1972 Kentucky Derby winner __ Ridge | 35 |
| 1972 Kentucky Derby winner Riva ____ | 36 |
| 1972 Kentucky Derby winner | 26 |
| 1972 Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes winner ___ Ridge | 55 |
| 1972 John Denver album with an eagle on its cover | 49 |
| 1972 Jim Croce song | 19 |
| 1972 Jack Lemmon film | 21 |
| 1972 Jack Lemmon comedy set in Italy | 36 |
| 1972 Jack Lemmon comedy | 23 |
| 1972 hurricane | 14 |
| 1972 host to Nixon | 18 |
| 1972 hit with the line "The day the music died" | 57 |
| 1972 hit that begins "What'll you do when you get lonely ...?" | 76 |