| 1978 Peace co-Nobelist | 22 |
| 1978 Peace Nobelist | 19 |
| 1978 Peace Prize co-winner | 26 |
| 1978 Peace Prize recipient | 26 |
| 1978 peace prize sharer | 23 |
| 1978 Peace Prize winner | 23 |
| 1978 Peter Ustinov film | 23 |
| 1978 punk classic | 17 |
| 1978 ragtime revue | 18 |
| 1978 Richard Burton "chick flick," with "The"? | 66 |
| 1978 Richard Pryor movie | 24 |
| 1978 role for Richard Pryor, with "the" | 49 |
| 1978 Rolling Stones album | 25 |
| 1978 Rolling Stones chart-topper | 32 |
| 1978 Rolling Stones hit | 23 |
| 1978 sequel set in a shopping mall | 34 |
| 1978 sleeper film? | 18 |
| 1978 star-studded movie directed by Herbert Ross | 48 |
| 1978 Stephen King novel made into a miniseries | 46 |
| 1978 stoner film with "Low Rider" on its soundtrack | 61 |
| 1978 thriller? | 14 |
| 1978 Tony-nominated play | 24 |
| 1978 Triple Crown winner | 24 |
| 1978 Ugo Tognazzi film | 22 |
| 1978 US Open winner Shriver | 27 |
| 1978 Village People hit | 23 |
| 1978 visitor to Camp David | 26 |
| 1978 Warren Beatty film | 23 |
| 1978 Woody Allen drama | 22 |
| 1978 World Cup champs: Abbr. | 28 |
| 1978 World Cup winner: Abbr. | 28 |
| 1978 World Series M.V.P. | 24 |
| 1978 World Series M.V.P. Dent | 29 |
| 1978 Yankee hero | 16 |
| 1978 Yankees hero Bucky | 23 |
| 1978-'98 science magazine | 29 |
| 1978-2002 Kenyan president Daniel arap ___ | 42 |
| 1978-79 CBS detective drama | 27 |
| 1978-80 F.B.I. investigation | 28 |
| 1978-80 F.B.I. sting that forced a U.S. senator to resign | 57 |
| 1978-82 sitcom locale | 21 |
| 1979 #1 hit for Herb Alpert | 27 |
| 1979 #1 hit for Robert John | 27 |
| 1979 #1 song with the chorus line "Turn the other way" | 64 |
| 1979 "Canadian Caper" country | 39 |
| 1979 Abba single | 16 |
| 1979 AC/DC seven-time platinum album | 36 |
| 1979 Afghanistan invader: Abbr. | 31 |
| 1979 Anita Ward hit | 19 |
| 1979 Bee Gees chart-topper | 26 |
| 1979 Bertolucci film | 20 |
| 1979 Best Picture nominee | 25 |
| 1979 Best Picture winner | 24 |
| 1979 Bette Midler film | 22 |
| 1979 Billy Joel hit | 19 |
| 1979 Billy Joel single | 22 |
| 1979 Bond movie | 15 |
| 1979 Broadway hit set during the Industrial Revolution | 54 |
| 1979 Broadway hit with the song "On This Night of a Thousand Stars" | 77 |
| 1979 Broadway musical that celebrated old-style vaudeville | 58 |
| 1979 cable debut | 16 |
| 1979 Caine-Ustinov film | 23 |
| 1979 Caine/Ustinov adventure flick | 34 |
| 1979 Caine/Ustinov film | 23 |
| 1979 chart-topper by Styx | 25 |
| 1979 Cheap Trick hit album | 26 |
| 1979 comedy set at Camp North Star | 34 |
| 1979 disaster area: Abbr. | 25 |
| 1979 disco classic | 18 |
| 1979 disco hit | 14 |
| 1979 disco hit that jocularly promotes military enlistment | 58 |
| 1979 Donna Summer chart-topper | 30 |
| 1979 Doobie Brothers hit | 24 |
| 1979 Dustin Hoffman movie | 25 |
| 1979 Duvall film "The Great ___" | 42 |
| 1979 Einstein Medal recipient | 29 |
| 1979 environmental bestseller subtitled "A new look at life on Earth" | 79 |
| 1979 exile | 10 |
| 1979 exile to Saudi Arabia | 26 |
| 1979 exiled Irani | 17 |
| 1979 Field role | 15 |
| 1979 film "Norma ___" | 31 |
| 1979 film adapted from an 1891 novel | 36 |
| 1979 film based on the life of Crystal Lee Sutton | 49 |
| 1979 film co-starring the youngest-ever Oscar nominee | 53 |
| 1979 film directed by Mark Rydell | 33 |
| 1979 film loosely based on Janis Joplin's life | 50 |
| 1979 film parodied in "Spaceballs" | 44 |
| 1979 film set on the spaceship Nostromo | 39 |
| 1979 film with Capt. Willard and Col. Kurtz | 43 |
| 1979 film with Kevin Dobson | 27 |
| 1979 film with sequels II to VI | 31 |
| 1979 film with the tagline "A story of chance" | 56 |
| 1979 film with the tagline "In space no one can hear you scream" | 74 |
| 1979 Fleetwood Mac album | 24 |
| 1979 Fleetwood Mac album that the USC Marching Band guested on | 62 |
| 1979 Fleetwood Mac hit | 22 |
| 1979 Frank Zappa rock opera | 27 |
| 1979 George Hamilton film | 25 |
| 1979 hit "What ___ Gonna Do With My Lovin'" | 57 |