| 1972 Summer Olympics site | 25 |
| 1972 Summer Olympics star | 25 |
| 1972 treaty subjects, briefly | 29 |
| 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./U.S.S.R. pact | 23 |
| 1972 Wimbledon winner Smith | 27 |
| 1972 Winter Games site | 22 |
| 1972 Winter Olympics site | 25 |
| 1972, with "The" | 26 |
| 1972-77 Broadway musical | 24 |
| 1973 #1 hit for the Stones | 26 |
| 1973 #1 Rolling Stones hit | 26 |
| 1973 Alice Cooper song | 22 |
| 1973 Best Picture nominee | 25 |
| 1973 Best Supporting Actress | 28 |
| 1973 Bruce Lee classic | 22 |
| 1973 Burt Reynolds movie | 24 |
| 1973 Chilean coup victim | 24 |
| 1973 Doobie Brothers song | 25 |
| 1973 Eagles song and album | 26 |
| 1973 Elvis Presley single | 25 |
| 1973 Erskine Caldwell novel | 27 |
| 1973 Fonda-O'Hara flick | 27 |
| 1973 French Open champion | 25 |
| 1973 George C. Scott film | 25 |
| 1973 Helen Reddy #1 hit | 23 |
| 1973 hit by the Stylistics | 26 |
| 1973 Johnnie Taylor hit | 23 |
| 1973 landmark court decision | 28 |
| 1973 Masters winner Tommy | 25 |
| 1973 movie remade in 2006 | 25 |
| 1973 Newman/Redford movie | 25 |
| 1973 Nobel Peace Prize winner | 29 |
| 1973 Pacino blockbuster | 23 |
| 1973 Pacino title role | 22 |
| 1973 Peter Bogdanovich comedy | 29 |
| 1973 Rolling Stones #1 hit | 26 |
| 1973 Rolling Stones #1 song | 27 |
| 1973 Rolling Stones ballad | 26 |
| 1973 Rolling Stones hit | 23 |
| 1973 Rolling Stones No. 1 hit | 29 |
| 1973 Ryan O'Neal movie | 26 |
| 1973 Sidney Lumet film | 22 |
| 1973 song by Michael Jackson | 28 |
| 1973 song by The Stylistics | 27 |
| 1973 Super Bowl number | 22 |
| 1973 Thomas Pynchon novel | 25 |
| 1973 Toni Morrison novel | 24 |
| 1973 Triple Crown winner | 24 |
| 1973 Woody Allen comedy | 23 |
| 1973 Woody Allen movie | 22 |
| 1973 World Series stadium | 25 |
| 1974 #1 hit for Helen Reddy | 27 |
| 1974 #5 hit by Joe Cocker | 25 |
| 1974 Asian Games host city | 26 |
| 1974 Atlantic hurricane | 23 |
| 1974 C.I.A.-spoof movie | 23 |
| 1974 Charles Bronson film | 25 |
| 1974 CIA vs. KGB spoof | 22 |
| 1974 cloak-and-dagger spoof | 27 |
| 1974 Dustin Hoffman movie | 25 |
| 1974 Elliott Gould film | 23 |
| 1974 Eurovision winners | 23 |
| 1974 for yours truly: Abbr. | 27 |
| 1974 foreign-language hit | 25 |
| 1974 Gould/Sutherland comedy | 28 |
| 1974 Gould/Sutherland film | 26 |
| 1974 Gould/Sutherland spoof | 27 |
| 1974 hit "--- Tu" | 27 |
| 1974 hit for John Denver | 24 |
| 1974 hit for Mocedades | 22 |
| 1974 hit with a Spanish title | 29 |
| 1974 hit with Spanish lyrics | 28 |
| 1974 Jack Nicholson film | 24 |
| 1974 Jimmy Buffett song | 23 |
| 1974 John Carpenter movie | 25 |
| 1974 John Wayne crime drama | 27 |
| 1974 John Wayne title role | 26 |
| 1974 Lina Wertmüller film | 28 |
| 1974 Lucille Ball musical | 25 |
| 1974 Lucille Ball role | 22 |
| 1974 McCartney/Wings hit | 24 |
| 1974 Mel Brooks comedy | 22 |
| 1974 Michael Shaara novel | 25 |
| 1974 movie remade in 2006 | 25 |
| 1974 Murray hit ( 2 words) | 26 |
| 1974 Peace Prize recipient | 26 |
| 1974 pension provision: Abbr. | 29 |
| 1974 platinum R&B album | 27 |
| 1974 Richard Kiley film | 23 |
| 1974 Rolling Stones hit | 23 |
| 1974 Sutherland/Gould film | 26 |
| 1974 Sutherland/Gould spoof | 27 |
| 1974 title role for Dustin | 26 |
| 1974 Top 10 hit for Mocedades | 29 |
| 1974 World's Fair site | 26 |
| 1974-94 PGA Tour commissioner | 29 |