Across
- 5. Mary Richard's buffoonish colleague
- 9. singer Flack who spent six weeks at #1
- 10. tight-fitting item worn with bellbottoms
- 11. Visitor to Northern Ireland who sought to spread God's message of love
- 12. maker of highest selling car to date
- 14. hurricane responsible for deadly Pennsylvania floods
- 17. film which earned Jane Fonda an Oscar
- 19. "There's no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation" quotee
- 20. Team Canada winning goal scorer
- 21. former name of newly declared Republic of Sri Lanka
- 22. TV wartime comedy
- 23. this sport changed the standard colour of the ball to make it more visible on television
Down
- 1. scandal uncovered by Washington Post reporters
- 2. Elvis hit, "___ Love"
- 3. chess player defeated by Bobby Fischer in World Championship
- 4. host of the XI Winter Games
- 6. industry which suffered from a forty-seven day strike
- 7. highest grossing film of the year
- 8. first wide-release video game
- 13. hilltop sanctuary for Fiver, Hazel et al
- 15. NASA satellite launched August 21
- 16. 33rd President who died on Boxing Day
- 18. "Hey Mikey, he likes it!" cereal