| 1984 Prince hit | 15 |
| 1984 Ralph Macchio film remade in 2010 | 38 |
| 1984 Ralph Macchio film, with "The" | 45 |
| 1984 Redford film | 17 |
| 1984 Redford role Roy ___ | 25 |
| 1984 Richard Gere movie | 23 |
| 1984 Rob Reiner rock music satire | 33 |
| 1984 Robert Urich sci-fi comedy, with "The" | 53 |
| 1984 romantic comedy starring Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah | 56 |
| 1984 sci-fi film | 16 |
| 1984 sci-fi movie with a soundtrack by Toto | 43 |
| 1984 skating gold medalist Gustafson | 36 |
| 1984 skiing gold medalist | 25 |
| 1984 skiing gold medalist Phil | 30 |
| 1984 South African Peace Nobelist | 33 |
| 1984 Springstein tune shilling domestic smut? | 45 |
| 1984 Steve Martin/Lily Tomlin comedy | 36 |
| 1984 Steve Martin/Lily Tomlin film | 34 |
| 1984 Summer Games boycotter | 27 |
| 1984 Summer Olympics boycotter | 30 |
| 1984 Summer Olympics host | 25 |
| 1984 summer Olympics no-show | 28 |
| 1984 Super Bowl champs | 22 |
| 1984 Super Bowl winners | 23 |
| 1984 Swedish speed skating medalist Gustafson | 45 |
| 1984 Talking Heads concert film and hit album | 45 |
| 1984 Talking Heads film hailed as "one of the greatest rock movies ever made" | 87 |
| 1984 Timothy Hutton film | 24 |
| 1984 title role for Emilio Estevez | 34 |
| 1984 Tom Conti film | 19 |
| 1984 Tom Hanks movie | 20 |
| 1984 Tom Selleck film | 21 |
| 1984 Tommy Lee Jones film set on the banks of the Mississippi, with "The" | 83 |
| 1984 top ten Duran Duran hit | 28 |
| 1984 U.S. Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics | 45 |
| 1984 Uris book, with "The" | 36 |
| 1984 Uris novel | 15 |
| 1984 Van Halen song | 19 |
| 1984 Vardon Trophy winner Calvin | 32 |
| 1984 Weird Al hit | 17 |
| 1984 Weird Al Yankovic hit | 26 |
| 1984 Wimbledon winner | 21 |
| 1984 Winter Olympics city | 25 |
| 1984 Winter Olympics site | 25 |
| 1984 World Series champs | 24 |
| 1984 World Series MVP Trammell | 30 |
| 1984 World Series winners | 25 |
| 1984 ZZ hit | 11 |
| 1984 ZZ Top hit | 15 |
| 1984, e.g. | 10 |
| 1984-2002 honorary Masters starting group member | 48 |
| 1984-2008 Olympic swimmer Torres | 32 |
| 1984-88 Olympic figure-skating gold medalist | 44 |
| 1984-88 Olympic skating champ | 29 |
| 1984-88 Olympic track star | 26 |
| 1984-88 skating gold medalist | 29 |
| 1984-90 Nicaraguan president | 28 |
| 1985 #1 hit for Ready for the World | 35 |
| 1985 #1 hit whose title explains 11 answers in this grid | 56 |
| 1985 #1 whose video won six MTV Video Music Awards | 50 |
| 1985 "In My Dreams" Dokken album | 42 |
| 1985 A.L. home run champ Evans | 30 |
| 1985 Academy Awards cohost with Jane Fonda and Robin Williams | 61 |
| 1985 Academy Awards show cohost | 31 |
| 1985 adolescent ensemble film with The | 42 |
| 1985 Akira Kurosawa film | 24 |
| 1985 Akira Kurosawa film based on "King Lear" | 55 |
| 1985 Akira Kurosawa movie | 25 |
| 1985 Aretha Franklin hit | 24 |
| 1985 Arnold Schwarzenegger film | 31 |
| 1985 autobiography subtitled "A Success Story" | 56 |
| 1985 benefit concert for famine relief in Ethiopia | 50 |
| 1985 Broadway musical based on a Dickens novel | 46 |
| 1985 Cher film | 14 |
| 1985 Chevy Chase comedy | 23 |
| 1985 Chevy Chase film | 21 |
| 1985 concert billed as "The day the music changed the world" | 70 |
| 1985 concert sensation "Live ___" | 43 |
| 1985 Danielle Steel best seller | 31 |
| 1985 Dennis Quaid sci-fi film | 29 |
| 1985 Dire Straits hit | 21 |
| 1985 dystopian novel in which a theocracy has reduced women to second-class citizens | 84 |
| 1985 film "My Life as ___" | 36 |
| 1985 film "My Life as _____" | 38 |
| 1985 film "To Live and Die ___" | 41 |
| 1985 film "_____ Dancing!" | 36 |
| 1985 film "_____ Williams" | 36 |
| 1985 film based on "King Lear" | 40 |
| 1985 film co-starring John Malkovich | 36 |
| 1985 film featuring Mikey, Mouth, Chunk and Data | 48 |
| 1985 film memoir of journalist Nicholas Gage | 44 |
| 1985 film partly based on “King Lear” | 45 |
| 1985 film with the line "Two corpses; everything's fine" | 70 |
| 1985 film with three different endings | 38 |
| 1985 Geraldine Page film with The | 37 |
| 1985 Glenn Close film | 21 |
| 1985 Glenn Close title role | 27 |
| 1985 Glenn Close/Jeff Bridges thriller | 38 |
| 1985 Golden Globe-nominated role for Eddie Murphy | 49 |
| 1985 Grammy nominee | 19 |