Across
- 2. 2002 Franc, Lira and Mark are no more (4)
- 3. 1971 ‘The day the music died’ hit (8,3)
- 5. 1985 The chevdo to your chai (3)
- 6. 1994 Royale with cheese (4,7)
- 13. 1982 “It’s close to midnight…” (8)
- 17. 2023 Pink-powered box-office smash (6)
- 18. 1976 Oscar-winning sporting drama with Adrien (5)
- 20. 2012 Event opened by James Bond and the Queen (8)
- 22. 2018 The next Harry Kane (4)
- 23. 2009 James Cameron returns (6)
- 24. 2003 “Everyone’s thinking it, I’m just saying it…” (7)
- 25. 2016 Budding Colchester author (5)
- 26. 1964 Disney musical with a practically perfect nanny (4,7)
- 31. 1987 “Nobody puts Baby in a corner” (5,7)
- 32. 1963 British pop frenzy for a Liverpool band (11)
- 33. 1965 The hills are alive with the (5,2,5)
- 37. 1979 The milk snatcher (8,8)
- 40. 1972 “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse” (3,9)
- 41. 1984 India’s first female prime minister (6,6)
- 43. 1997 First labour prime minister in 18 years (4,5)
- 44. 1993 Not the best park for a family day out (8,4)
- 45. 2013 First British men’s Wimbledon winner since 1936 (4,6)
- 46. 1969 First rocket to land on the moon (6,6)
- 47. 1975 Spielberg film with an ominous soundtrack (4)
- 49. 2025 Foxes go down (9)
- 50. 1981 “You named yourself after the dog?!” (7)
- 52. 2006 Planetary demotion (5)
- 53. 1990 Two becomes three (7)
- 54. 2024 Your chikuli (4)
- 55. 1986 Tom Cruise cruises high (3,3)
- 59. 2007 Apple is no longer a fruit after this launch (1,5)
- 60. 2010 First African country to host the world cup (5,6)
- 61. 2026 Chikuli 2 (5)
- 62. 1977 The 4th instalment (1,3,4)
- 63. 2014 Swift shaker (5,2,3)
- 64. 2004 Social network launched (8)
- 65. 2019 Fridays for Future activist (5,8)
Down
- 1. 1967 Boxer refuses call to the army (8,3)
- 4. 2001 Fellowship director (5,7)
- 7. 1968 Sci-film with monkey face (6,2,3,4)
- 8. 1988 Yippee Kay Yay (3,4)
- 9. 1992 I will always love you blockbuster (3,9)
- 10. 2005 Video-sharing site debuted (7)
- 11. 2011 A royal wedding (7,3,4)
- 12. 1983 The padawan completes his training (6,2,3,4)
- 14. 2017 Oscar mishap naming which wrong film (2,2,4)
- 15. 1989 Deutschland reunited after its fall (6,4)
- 16. 1996 Wannabe superstars (5,5)
- 19. 1962 Desert adventure that won Best Picture (8,2,6)
- 21. 2000 Roman revenge drama (9)
- 24. 1991 Your padawan (8)
- 27. 1966 World cup winners (7)
- 28. 2022 Women’s Euro’s winners (7)
- 29. 1974 Eurovision-winning song by ABBA (8)
- 30. 1998 Search engine starts searching (6)
- 34. 2020 Lockdown culprit (5)
- 35. 2015 Back for round VII (3,5,7)
- 36. 1961 First human in space (4,7)
- 38. 2021 Bond’s demise (2,4,2,3)
- 39. 1973 Pink Floyd’s epic album (4,4,2,3,4)
- 42. 1999 Mr Anderson’s unplugged (3,6)
- 48. 1970 Lots of songs in a field (11)
- 51. 2008 First black president (6,5)
- 56. 1978 Travolta musical hit (6)
- 57. 1995 First computer-animated feature film (3,5)
- 58. 1980 It started with a McDonalds (5)