| 1980s-'90s Olds | 19 |
| 1980s-'90s Oldsmobile model | 31 |
| 1980s-'90s police drama | 27 |
| 1980s-'90s Richard Mulligan sitcom | 38 |
| 1980s-'90s S.F. Giants general manager Al | 45 |
| 1980s-'90s series based on the fictional firm McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney and Kuzak | 86 |
| 1980s-'90s slugger Fielder | 30 |
| 1980s-'90s slugger who ranks fourth in career home runs by a switch hitter | 78 |
| 1980s-'90s talent show | 26 |
| 1980s-'90s talent show, and what you need to do to find this puzzle's theme | 83 |
| 1980s-'90s Tennessee senator | 32 |
| 1980s-'90s TV drama | 23 |
| 1980s-'90s women's magazine | 35 |
| 1980s-'90s women's tennis player who was #1 for a record total of 377 weeks | 83 |
| 1980s-90s Chevy subdivision | 27 |
| 1980s-90s computer | 18 |
| 1980s-90s German chancellor | 27 |
| 1980s-90s NBA player John | 25 |
| 1981 #1 hit for Hall & Oates | 32 |
| 1981 #1 Kim Carnes hit | 22 |
| 1981 adventure film hero | 24 |
| 1981 Alan Alda comedy, with "The" | 43 |
| 1981 Alan Alda film, with "The" | 41 |
| 1981 and '84 Super Bowl champs | 34 |
| 1981 Beatty film | 16 |
| 1981 Beatty-Keaton epic | 23 |
| 1981 Best Actor Oscar nominee | 29 |
| 1981 Best Director | 18 |
| 1981 Best Picture nominee | 25 |
| 1981 best seller set in Castle Rock, Me. | 40 |
| 1981 Blake Edwards comedy | 25 |
| 1981 Brooke Shields film with a hit song | 40 |
| 1981 Burt Reynolds movie, with "The" | 46 |
| 1981 chart-topper by Rick Springfield | 37 |
| 1981 Chrysler debut | 19 |
| 1981 comedy or its 2011 remake | 30 |
| 1981 comedy with the tagline "The story of a man who wanted to keep the world safe for democracy...and meet girls" | 124 |
| 1981 Don McLean song | 20 |
| 1981 drama starring Treat Williams | 34 |
| 1981 Faye Dunaway film | 22 |
| 1981 film | 9 |
| 1981 film "___ Boot" | 30 |
| 1981 film "___ Jeunesse" | 34 |
| 1981 film "____ Boot" | 31 |
| 1981 film biography | 19 |
| 1981 film directed by Blake Edwards | 35 |
| 1981 film directed by Milos Forman | 34 |
| 1981 film for which Barbra Streisand earned her first Razzie nomination | 71 |
| 1981 film in which Helen Mirren plays a sorceress | 49 |
| 1981 film in which Manhattan is a maximum-security prison | 57 |
| 1981 film starring William Hurt and Kathleen Turner | 51 |
| 1981 film that garnered Warren Beatty a Best Director Oscar | 59 |
| 1981 Fonda/Hepburn classic | 26 |
| 1981 Genesis album | 18 |
| 1981 Genesis album that's also a rhyme scheme | 49 |
| 1981 German-language hit film | 29 |
| 1981 Gold Glove winner | 22 |
| 1981 Grammy winner for "Double Fantasy" | 49 |
| 1981 Grammy winner Lena | 23 |
| 1981 Hall & Oates song with the lyric "They're watching you" | 78 |
| 1981 Hepburn co-star | 20 |
| 1981 Higham film biography | 26 |
| 1981 hit by Billy Squier best enjoyed alone? | 44 |
| 1981 hit film with a 5'3" lead actor | 45 |
| 1981 hit for Earth Wind & Fire, | 35 |
| 1981 James Bond movie | 21 |
| 1981 Jürgen Prochnow film | 32 |
| 1981 Joan Crawford exposé starring Faye Dunaway | 50 |
| 1981 John Cleese film | 21 |
| 1981 John Lennon hit | 20 |
| 1981 Julie Andrews film | 23 |
| 1981 Julie Andrews movie | 24 |
| 1981 Kathleen Turner film | 25 |
| 1981 Literature Nobelist Canetti | 32 |
| 1981 Literature Nobelist ___ Canetti | 36 |
| 1981 medicine nobelist David | 28 |
| 1981 Mel Gibson film, with "The" | 42 |
| 1981 miniseries set in A.D. 72-73 | 33 |
| 1981 miniseries set in ancient Israel | 37 |
| 1981 Moody Blues hit | 20 |
| 1981 Moore/Minnelli film | 24 |
| 1981 movie with an Oscar-winning theme song | 43 |
| 1981 musical with the song "One Night Only" | 53 |
| 1981 MVP and Cy Young Award winner | 34 |
| 1981 N.B.A. M.V.P. | 18 |
| 1981 N.H.L. Rookie of the Year | 30 |
| 1981 NBA MVP | 12 |
| 1981 Neil Diamond hit | 21 |
| 1981 Newman movie | 17 |
| 1981 Paul Newman/Sally Field film | 33 |
| 1981 PC introducer | 18 |
| 1981 Richard Pryor film | 23 |
| 1981 Richard Pryor movie | 24 |
| 1981 Ross/Richie #1 hit | 23 |
| 1981 Ross/Richie duet | 21 |
| 1981 royal wedding figure | 25 |
| 1981 Rush song | 14 |
| 1981 Ryan O'Neal comedy | 27 |
| 1981 Ryan O'Neal movie | 26 |
| 1981 satire on Hollywood | 24 |