| '82 Lionel Ritchie song | 27 |
| '82 Motorhead album | 23 |
| '82 Replacements EP | 23 |
| '82 Springsteen album recorded on 4-track | 45 |
| '82 Toto smash | 18 |
| '82 Van Halen album "___ Down" | 44 |
| '83 Alice Cooper album | 26 |
| '83 Barbra Streisand musical | 32 |
| '83 Billy Joel smash | 24 |
| '83 Bryan Adams "Cuts Like a Knife" hit | 53 |
| '83 comedy with Mr. T | 25 |
| '83 film featuring ''What a Feeling'' | 57 |
| '83 inductee, Glenn____ | 27 |
| '83 Kool & the Gang smash | 33 |
| '83 Ozzy ballad "So ___" | 38 |
| '83 play-based movie | 24 |
| '83 Slade hit "___ My" | 36 |
| '83 Slade hit: "___ My" | 37 |
| '83 Stones hit "___ Night" | 40 |
| '83 Thin Lizzy live album | 29 |
| '83 University of Houston basketball team | 45 |
| '84 Olympics boycotter | 26 |
| '84 Peace Nobelist | 22 |
| '84 Phil Collins smash | 26 |
| '84 Phil Collins smash (7,3,4) | 34 |
| '84 Queen hit "It's a ___" | 44 |
| '84 Super Bowl celebrant | 28 |
| '84 Super Bowl victor | 25 |
| '84 Willie Nelson album | 27 |
| '85 Asia "Go" album | 33 |
| '85 inductee, Wilf ____ | 27 |
| '85 Kiss "Asylum" hit | 35 |
| '85 Kool and the Gang smash | 31 |
| '85 Roger Daltrey album "Under ___ Moon" | 54 |
| '85 Rush hit | 16 |
| '85 U2 EP "Wide ___" | 34 |
| '86 Boston classic | 22 |
| '86 Bruce Hornsby "The Way It Is" hit | 51 |
| '86 David Lee Roth smash | 28 |
| '86 Peace Nobelist | 22 |
| '86 Pretenders album "Get ___" | 44 |
| '86 Robert Cray album "Strong ___" | 48 |
| '86 Saxon album | 19 |
| '86 teammate of Nails, Doc, and Straw | 41 |
| '86 World Series champs | 27 |
| '86 World Series winners | 28 |
| '87 Bon Jovi acoustic classic | 33 |
| '87 Costner film role | 25 |
| '87 Heart smash hit | 23 |
| '87 hit/band "Living ___ Box" | 43 |
| '87 Madonna hit "La ___"" | 44 |
| '87 Replacements album | 26 |
| '87 Sonic Youth album | 25 |
| '87 Tom Waits album for a play | 34 |
| '87 Tom Waits album for a play (6,4,5) | 42 |
| '88 Aerosmith smash | 23 |
| '88 award for "M. Butterfly" | 42 |
| '88 Dinosaur Jr. album | 26 |
| '88 Fishbone album | 22 |
| '88 Gerry Rafferty album "___ and South" | 54 |
| '88 Morrissey release "___ Hate" | 46 |
| '88 Tom Hanks comedy | 24 |
| '88-'97 sitcom | 22 |
| '89 Alice Cooper album | 26 |
| '89 Black Sabbath album | 27 |
| '89 Cult hit | 16 |
| '89 loaded Aerosmith smash | 30 |
| '89 Madonna smash | 21 |
| '89 Miles Davis album | 25 |
| '89 Nazareth album | 22 |
| '89 Rush album | 18 |
| '89 Status Quo single | 25 |
| '89 Stevie Ray Vaughan album | 32 |
| '89 They Might Be Giants hit | 32 |
| '89 World Series winners | 28 |
| '9 to 5' singer | 23 |
| '9 to 5' singer on an island? | 37 |
| '90 Afghan Whigs album | 26 |
| '90 and '95 e.g. | 24 |
| '90 Living Colour single "___ of You" | 51 |
| '90 Sisters of Mercy single about a mechanic? | 49 |
| '90 World Series champs | 27 |
| '90 ZZ Top album | 20 |
| '90's fingerprint for short | 36 |
| '90210' actor Rob | 25 |
| '90210' network | 23 |
| '90s "Biography" host Graves | 42 |
| '90s "New Yorker" editor Brown | 44 |
| '90s "SNL" alum | 29 |
| '90s "SNL" regular | 32 |
| '90s "SNL" regular Cheri | 38 |
| '90s "SNL" regular Farley | 39 |
| '90s adventure game | 23 |
| '90s All-Pro football player Sterling or Shannon | 52 |
| '90s All-Star Bichette | 26 |
| '90s alt-rockers Black ___ | 30 |
| '90s Attorney General | 25 |
| '90s blockbuster computer game | 34 |
| '90s Blue Jays third baseman Ed | 35 |
| '90s brew | 13 |