| 1996 Broadway hit | 17 |
| 1996 campaign issue | 19 |
| 1996 candidate | 14 |
| 1996 candidate Bob | 18 |
| 1996 candidate Dole | 19 |
| 1996 Clinton challenger | 23 |
| 1996 Clinton opponent | 21 |
| 1996 Clinton rival | 18 |
| 1996 Clooney/Pfeiffer chick flick | 33 |
| 1996 Coen brothers film | 23 |
| 1996 comedy with Sinbad as a Secret Service agent | 49 |
| 1996 Costner golf movie | 23 |
| 1996 Cruise title role | 22 |
| 1996 De Niro thriller | 21 |
| 1996 Demi Moore movie | 21 |
| 1996 Dream Team nickname | 24 |
| 1996 Emmy winner Daly | 21 |
| 1996 Emmy-winning role for Alan Rickman | 39 |
| 1996 Emmy-winning role in a sitcom | 34 |
| 1996 event | 10 |
| 1996 Ewan McGregor movie | 24 |
| 1996 film for which Geoffrey Rush won Best Actor | 48 |
| 1996 film in which author Kurt Vonnegut Jr. plays a sad man on the street | 73 |
| 1996 film starring Denzel Washington | 36 |
| 1996 film that garnered Madonna a Golden Globe | 46 |
| 1996 film that won Best Original Screenplay | 43 |
| 1996 film with 12 Oscar nominations (with "The") | 58 |
| 1996 film with the tagline "Cupid is armed and dangerous!" | 68 |
| 1996 film with the tagline "YIKES! They've Landed!" | 65 |
| 1996 French film "___ Vep" | 36 |
| 1996 G.O.P. running mate Jack | 29 |
| 1996 Garth Brooks song whose title completes the lyric "___ had once again found its way home" | 104 |
| 1996 Gibson/Russo vigilante justice flick | 41 |
| 1996 gold medalist André | 27 |
| 1996 gold medalist in tennis | 28 |
| 1996 Golden Globe winner for "Truman" | 47 |
| 1996 golf movie | 15 |
| 1996 GOP candidate Alexander | 28 |
| 1996 Gore debater | 17 |
| 1996 grammar best-seller "Woe __" | 43 |
| 1996 grammar book | 17 |
| 1996 Grammy winner for the album "Falling Into You" | 61 |
| 1996 Grammy winner for the album "The Road to Ensenada" | 65 |
| 1996 Green Party candidate | 26 |
| 1996 Green Party candidate for President | 40 |
| 1996 Greg Kinnear film | 22 |
| 1996 Gwyneth Paltrow title role | 31 |
| 1996 Gwyneth Paltrow vehicle | 28 |
| 1996 Helen Fielding book made into a film starring Renée Zellweger | 69 |
| 1996 Hillary Clinton best seller | 32 |
| 1996 hit for Beck | 17 |
| 1996 honoree | 12 |
| 1996 horror film with sequels | 29 |
| 1996 horror film with two sequels | 33 |
| 1996 hybrid animation/live-action film | 38 |
| 1996 Jack Nicholson film title! | 31 |
| 1996 Jack Nicholson movie | 25 |
| 1996 Kevin Costner film | 23 |
| 1996 kids' movie directed by Danny DeVito | 45 |
| 1996 kidsÂ’ movie directed by Danny DeVito | 45 |
| 1996 Leonardo DiCaprio role | 27 |
| 1996 live-action/animated comedy | 32 |
| 1996 loser to Bill Clinton | 26 |
| 1996 loser to Clinton | 21 |
| 1996 loser to Holyfield | 23 |
| 1996 loser to Netanyahu | 23 |
| 1996 Madonna film | 17 |
| 1996 Madonna movie | 18 |
| 1996 Madonna movie musical | 26 |
| 1996 Madonna musical | 20 |
| 1996 Madonna role | 17 |
| 1996 Mario Puzo novel, with "The" | 43 |
| 1996 Masters winner | 19 |
| 1996 Mel Gibson film | 20 |
| 1996 Michael Crichton novel | 27 |
| 1996 Michael Jordan movie featuring product placement | 53 |
| 1996 Miss USA winner Landry | 27 |
| 1996 movie adaptation of "The Phil Silvers Show" | 58 |
| 1996 movie based on an 1816 novel | 33 |
| 1996 movie musical | 18 |
| 1996 movie role for Madonna | 27 |
| 1996 movie starring Michael Jordan | 34 |
| 1996 movie starring Robert De Niro and Wesley Snipes | 52 |
| 1996 movie with the tagline "Someone is going to pay" | 63 |
| 1996 MVP | 8 |
| 1996 MVP in quest of the prize | 30 |
| 1996 N.L. home run leader | 25 |
| 1996 N.L. Rookie of the Year Hollandsworth | 42 |
| 1996 Nathan LANE film | 21 |
| 1996 newsmaking clone | 21 |
| 1996 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year ___ Rice | 46 |
| 1996 Nick Nolte spy drama | 25 |
| 1996 Nielsen movie | 18 |
| 1996 No Doubt hit | 17 |
| 1996 nominee parodied as referring to himself in third-person | 61 |
| 1996 novel, with "The" | 32 |
| 1996 Olympian noted for performing on an injured ankle | 54 |
| 1996 Olympic flame lighter | 26 |
| 1996 Olympic gold medalist Donovan | 34 |
| 1996 Olympic gymnast Strug | 26 |