| 1972 Sammy Davis Jr. hit | 24 |
| 1972 sci-fi TV series | 21 |
| 1972 self-titled pop album | 26 |
| 1972 song or 1999 movie | 23 |
| 1972 Staple Singers #1 hit | 26 |
| 1972 summer games gold medalist | 31 |
| 1972 Summer Olympics notable | 28 |
| 1972 Summer Olympics site | 25 |
| 1972 Summer Olympics star | 25 |
| 1972 top 10 hit going over seven minutes | 40 |
| 1972 top 10 hit that was over 7 minutes long | 44 |
| 1972 top 10 hit that's seven minutes long | 45 |
| 1972 treaty subj. | 17 |
| 1972 treaty subjects, briefly | 29 |
| 1972 U.S. Open champ | 20 |
| 1972 U.S. Open champ Nastase | 28 |
| 1972 U.S. Open champion | 23 |
| 1972 U.S. Open finalist | 23 |
| 1972 U.S. Open winner Nastase | 29 |
| 1972 U.S./Soviet missile agreement | 34 |
| 1972 U.S./Soviet pact | 21 |
| 1972 U.S./U.S.S.R. missile pact | 31 |
| 1972 U.S./U.S.S.R. pact | 23 |
| 1972 video game debut | 21 |
| 1972 White House biography subtitled "The Years Alone" | 64 |
| 1972 Wimbledon winner Smith | 27 |
| 1972 winner | 11 |
| 1972 Winter Games site | 22 |
| 1972 Winter Olympics site | 25 |
| 1972 Woody Allen film shown on Encore, appropriately? | 53 |
| 1972, with "The" | 26 |
| 1972-77 Broadway musical | 24 |
| 1972-83 sitcom | 14 |
| 1972-97 senator Sam | 19 |
| 1973 #1 hit "___ an American Band" | 44 |
| 1973 #1 hit for the Rolling Stones | 34 |
| 1973 #1 hit for the Stones | 26 |
| 1973 #1 Rolling Stones hit | 26 |
| 1973 "Dirty Harry" sequel | 35 |
| 1973 "Love Train" singers, with "the" | 57 |
| 1973 album featuring "Photograph" | 43 |
| 1973 album featuring the song "Photograph" | 52 |
| 1973 Ali jaw-breaker | 20 |
| 1973 Alice Cooper song | 22 |
| 1973 Best Picture | 17 |
| 1973 Best Picture nominee | 25 |
| 1973 Best Supporting Actress | 28 |
| 1973 blaxploitation film about a female secret agent busting drug traffickers | 77 |
| 1973 book subtitled "The Millennium Science" | 54 |
| 1973 Broadway revival starring Debbie Reynolds | 46 |
| 1973 Bruce Lee classic | 22 |
| 1973 Burt Reynolds movie | 24 |
| 1973 Burt Reynolds western film | 31 |
| 1973 Charlton Heston movie set in Manhattan in 2022 | 51 |
| 1973 Chicago single "Just ___" | 40 |
| 1973 childrenÂ’s novel based on Arthurian legend | 51 |
| 1973 Chilean coup victim | 24 |
| 1973 court alias | 16 |
| 1973 court name | 15 |
| 1973 defendant | 14 |
| 1973 Doobie Brothers song | 25 |
| 1973 Eagles song | 16 |
| 1973 Eagles song and album | 26 |
| 1973 Elton John hit | 19 |
| 1973 Elvis concert that was the first broadcast live via satellite | 66 |
| 1973 Elvis Presley single | 25 |
| 1973 embargo org. | 17 |
| 1973 Erica Jong novel | 21 |
| 1973 Erskine Caldwell novel | 27 |
| 1973 Fellini film that won an Oscar in 1975 | 43 |
| 1973 film ''The Way We ___'' | 44 |
| 1973 film for which John Houseman was named Best Supporting Actor | 65 |
| 1973 film with the tagline "Many of his fellow officers considered him the most dangerous man alive -- an honest cop" | 127 |
| 1973 Fonda-O'Hara flick | 27 |
| 1973 French Open champion | 25 |
| 1973 French Open winner Nastase | 31 |
| 1973 George C. Scott film | 25 |
| 1973 Gore Vidal historical fiction | 34 |
| 1973 Gore Vidal novel | 21 |
| 1973 Gore Vidal political novel | 31 |
| 1973 Grammy-winning jazz pianist | 32 |
| 1973 Helen Reddy #1 hit | 23 |
| 1973 Helen Reddy hit | 20 |
| 1973 hit "_____ Know" | 31 |
| 1973 hit by the Rolling Stones | 30 |
| 1973 hit by the Stylistics | 26 |
| 1973 hit for the Steve Miller Band | 34 |
| 1973 hit subtitled "Touch the Wind" | 45 |
| 1973 hit that begins "Como una promesa" | 49 |
| 1973 horror classic (with "The") | 42 |
| 1973 horror flick about a doctor who turns his assistant into a cobra | 69 |
| 1973 Jacqueline Susann best-selling novel | 41 |
| 1973 Jim Croce album | 20 |
| 1973 Jim Croce hit | 18 |
| 1973 John Wayne/Ann-Margret film with The | 45 |
| 1973 Johnnie Taylor hit | 23 |
| 1973 King rival | 15 |
| 1973 landmark case | 18 |
| 1973 landmark court decision | 28 |
| 1973 launch | 11 |