| 1979 hit "___ Really Going Out With Him?" | 51 |
| 1979 hit by the Police | 22 |
| 1979 hit for Cheap Trick | 24 |
| 1979 hit for the Commodores | 27 |
| 1979 hit for the Doobie Brothers | 32 |
| 1979 hit for the Police | 23 |
| 1979 hit inspired by an ex-boyfriend of Debbie Harry's | 58 |
| 1979 hit with the lyric "You don't have to put on the red light" | 78 |
| 1979 Hockey Hall of Fame inductee | 33 |
| 1979 horror movie featuring Laurence Olivier | 44 |
| 1979 hostage locale | 19 |
| 1979 hostage site | 17 |
| 1979 Hugh Leonard play | 22 |
| 1979 Iranian exile | 18 |
| 1979 Kinski title role | 22 |
| 1979 Masters champ Fuzzy | 24 |
| 1979 Masters play-off loser Ed | 30 |
| 1979 Mel Gibson role | 20 |
| 1979 meltdown site, briefly | 27 |
| 1979 Michael Caine film | 23 |
| 1979 Middle East exile | 22 |
| 1979 Middle Eastern exile | 25 |
| 1979 Midler film | 16 |
| 1979 musical about a half-mad barber | 36 |
| 1979 N.L. co-MVP Willie | 23 |
| 1979 N.L. Cy Young Award winner Bruce | 37 |
| 1979 Nastassia Kinski title role | 32 |
| 1979 Nastassja Kinski role | 26 |
| 1979 Nastassja Kinski title role | 32 |
| 1979 NBA champs | 15 |
| 1979 negotiation | 16 |
| 1979 new wave classic that begins "Oh my little pretty one, pretty one" | 81 |
| 1979 Newfoundland oil discovery | 31 |
| 1979 Nick Nolte film | 20 |
| 1979 No. 1 hit for Robert John | 30 |
| 1979 Nobel Peace Prize recipient | 32 |
| 1979 novel, 1983 film and 2002-07 TV series | 43 |
| 1979 nuclear accident site | 26 |
| 1979 nuclear accident site: Abbr. | 33 |
| 1979 Oscar winner | 17 |
| 1979 Pa. meltdown site | 22 |
| 1979 Pa. newsmaker | 18 |
| 1979 Peace Nobelist | 19 |
| 1979 peace treaty country | 25 |
| 1979 peacekeeping missionj | 26 |
| 1979 Peter Sellers film | 23 |
| 1979 Polanski film | 18 |
| 1979 Pontius Pilate portrayer | 29 |
| 1979 Pro Bowl MVP Ahmad | 23 |
| 1979 revolution locale | 22 |
| 1979 revolution site | 20 |
| 1979 Richard Gere film | 22 |
| 1979 Richard Gere movie | 23 |
| 1979 Ridley Scott thriller | 26 |
| 1979 Robert Duvall title role | 29 |
| 1979 Roman Polanski film | 24 |
| 1979 Roman Polanski movie | 25 |
| 1979 Ron Leibman series | 23 |
| 1979 Roy Scheider movie | 23 |
| 1979 Sally Field classic | 24 |
| 1979 sci-fi blockbuster | 23 |
| 1979 sci-fi classic | 19 |
| 1979 sci-fi film with a gut-busting scene? | 42 |
| 1979 sci-fi hit | 15 |
| 1979 sci-fi thriller | 20 |
| 1979 sci-fi-horror film | 23 |
| 1979 self-titled pop album | 26 |
| 1979 Sigourney Weaver film | 26 |
| 1979 Sigourney Weaver thriller | 30 |
| 1979 Sister Sledge hit | 22 |
| 1979 song by Robert John | 24 |
| 1979 Telenet acquirer | 21 |
| 1979 Tony winner for "Whose Life Is It Anyway?" | 57 |
| 1979 treaty peninsula | 21 |
| 1979 Vanessa Redgrave film | 26 |
| 1979 Vanessa Redgrave movie about a mystery writer | 50 |
| 1979 Vanessa Redgrave title role | 32 |
| 1979 Village People hit | 23 |
| 1979 Weaver film | 16 |
| 1979 Wimbledon runner-up to Björn Borg | 41 |
| 1979 Woody Allen movie | 22 |
| 1979 World Series champs | 24 |
| 1979-'81 trucker-with-chimp TV comedy | 41 |
| 1979-81 hostage site | 20 |
| 1979-81 hostage situation | 25 |
| 198 inches | 10 |
| 1980 | 4 |
| 1980 DeLuise movie | 19 |
| 1980 #1 hit for Kenny Rogers | 28 |
| 1980 A.L. M.V.P. | 16 |
| 1980 album with the hit "You Shook Me All Night Long" | 63 |
| 1980 Andrzej Wajda film in which Lech Walesa appears | 52 |
| 1980 Best Actor winner | 22 |
| 1980 Best Picture nominee | 25 |
| 1980 Best Picture nominee, with "The" | 47 |
| 1980 Bette Midler hit | 21 |
| 1980 biopic about boxer Jake La Motta | 37 |
| 1980 Bob Seger hit | 18 |
| 1980 Boston Marathon "winner" Rosie | 45 |
| 1980 Boston Marathon cheater Rosie | 34 |