| 1988's "Akira," e.g. | 34 |
| 1988's Best Picture Oscar winner | 36 |
| 1988, to China | 14 |
| 1989 | 4 |
| 1989 #1 hit for Mike + The Mechanics, with "The" | 58 |
| 1989 #1 hit for Paula Abdul | 27 |
| 1989 #1 hit for the Bangles | 27 |
| 1989 #2 Bobby Brown song | 24 |
| 1989 "Weird Al" Yankovic cult film | 44 |
| 1989 "Weird Al" Yankovic movie | 40 |
| 1989 007 film | 13 |
| 1989 Aaron Sorkin play | 22 |
| 1989 Al Pacino film | 19 |
| 1989 Al Pacino movie | 20 |
| 1989 Annabella Sciorra film | 27 |
| 1989 AP Female Athlete of the Year | 34 |
| 1989 auto debut | 15 |
| 1989 B-52's hit | 19 |
| 1989 B-52's hit song Love ____ | 37 |
| 1989 baseball movie | 19 |
| 1989 Beijing protest site | 25 |
| 1989 Best Actress | 17 |
| 1989 Best Original Song Oscar winner | 36 |
| 1989 Best Picture nominee | 25 |
| 1989 best seller, with "The" | 38 |
| 1989 Bette Midler hit, aptly | 28 |
| 1989 big-screen mermaid | 23 |
| 1989 Bligh Reef casualty | 24 |
| 1989 Bobby Brown hit | 20 |
| 1989 Bon Jovi #3 song | 21 |
| 1989 Bond girl Bouvier | 22 |
| 1989 Broadway melodrama | 23 |
| 1989 Broadway monodrama | 23 |
| 1989 Bruce Chatwin novel | 24 |
| 1989 Candy movie (2 words) | 26 |
| 1989 chemistry nobelist Sid | 27 |
| 1989 Chemistry Nobelist Sidney | 30 |
| 1989 comedy "_____ -Devil" | 36 |
| 1989 comedy that takes place at Channel 62 | 42 |
| 1989 comedy-mystery with Tom Selleck | 36 |
| 1989 Daniel Day-Lewis film | 26 |
| 1989 E.P.A. target | 18 |
| 1989 EPA target | 15 |
| 1989 Ernest Borgnine movie set in Africa | 40 |
| 1989 Fatwa target | 17 |
| 1989 feel-good film | 19 |
| 1989 film "Milo & ___" | 36 |
| 1989 film about a baby bird? | 28 |
| 1989 film in which author Stephen King plays a minister | 55 |
| 1989 film set at Eastside High | 30 |
| 1989 film set in a beauty shop | 30 |
| 1989 film set in an inner-city high school | 42 |
| 1989 film with Michael Richards as Stanley Spadowski | 52 |
| 1989 film written as "Teenie Weenies" | 47 |
| 1989 Fred Savage comedy | 23 |
| 1989 French Open winner | 23 |
| 1989 French Open winner and others | 34 |
| 1989 French Open winner Michael | 31 |
| 1989 General Motors debut | 25 |
| 1989 GM debut | 13 |
| 1989 Gold Glove winner Darling | 30 |
| 1989 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner | 45 |
| 1989 Grammy winner for "Nick of Time" | 47 |
| 1989 Great White album | 22 |
| 1989 Halloween-themed horror film | 33 |
| 1989 Hanks/Fisher comedy | 24 |
| 1989 Heglers best seller | 24 |
| 1989 Heisman Trophy winner Ware | 31 |
| 1989 high-school film based on a song title | 43 |
| 1989 in-flight movie? | 21 |
| 1989 Isaac Asimov book | 22 |
| 1989 Jack Lemmon film | 21 |
| 1989 Jack Lemmon tearjerker | 27 |
| 1989 James Cameron film, with "The" | 45 |
| 1989 James Cameron sci-fi thriller, with "the" | 56 |
| 1989 James Cameron underwater thriller | 38 |
| 1989 James Michener novel | 25 |
| 1989 James Woods film | 21 |
| 1989 John Candy comedy | 22 |
| 1989 John Candy film | 20 |
| 1989 John Cusack romantic comedy | 32 |
| 1989 John Hughes movie starring John Candy | 42 |
| 1989 John Travolta film | 23 |
| 1989 John Travolta-Kirstie Alley comedy | 39 |
| 1989 Kevin Costner film | 23 |
| 1989 Literature Nobelist | 24 |
| 1989 Literature Nobelist Camilo | 31 |
| 1989 Madonna album | 18 |
| 1989 Madonna hit | 16 |
| 1989 Matt Dillon film | 21 |
| 1989 Michael Douglas movie set in Japan | 39 |
| 1989 Michael Moore documentary | 30 |
| 1989 Michener novel | 19 |
| 1989 Morgan Freeman film | 24 |
| 1989 Morgan Freeman movie | 25 |
| 1989 movie featuring four Oscar-winning actresses | 49 |
| 1989 movie featuring principal Joe Clark | 40 |
| 1989 movie with "Weird Al" | 36 |
| 1989 movie with "Weird Al" Yankovic | 45 |
| 1989 movie with the line "Badgers? Badgers? We don't need no stinking badgers!" | 93 |