| 2004 N.B.A. All-Star Michael | 28 |
| 2004 N.B.A. Rookie of the Year | 30 |
| 2004 N.L. champs | 16 |
| 2004 NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Kurt | 36 |
| 2004 National Inventors Hall of Fame inductee | 45 |
| 2004 NBA All-Star Game MVP, familiarly | 38 |
| 2004 NCAA basketball champs | 27 |
| 2004 NCAA men's and women's basketball champs | 53 |
| 2004 Neeson title role | 22 |
| 2004 nominee | 12 |
| 2004 occurrence | 15 |
| 2004 Olympic track gold medalist ___ Gatlin | 43 |
| 2004 Olympics city | 18 |
| 2004 Olympics gymnastics star Paul or Morgan | 44 |
| 2004 Olympics host, to the IOC | 30 |
| 2004 Olympics locale | 20 |
| 2004 Olympics setting | 21 |
| 2004 Olympics site | 18 |
| 2004 Olympics stars? | 20 |
| 2004 Olympics swimming star | 27 |
| 2004 Orlando Bloom comedy | 25 |
| 2004 Oscar nominee Alan | 23 |
| 2004 P.G.A. Player of the Year | 30 |
| 2004 P.G.A. Player of the Year Vijay | 36 |
| 2004 playoff team | 17 |
| 2004 political exile | 20 |
| 2004 presidential also-ran who went out with a scream | 53 |
| 2004 presidential contender | 27 |
| 2004 presidential debate topic | 30 |
| 2004 presidential election swing state | 38 |
| 2004 presidential hopeful Clark | 31 |
| 2004 Queen Latifah movie | 24 |
| 2004 Red Sox right fielder Kapler | 33 |
| 2004 remake starring Jude Law | 29 |
| 2004 Rock Hall of Fame inductee | 31 |
| 2004 role for Anne Hathaway | 27 |
| 2004 role for Gael GarcÃa Bernal | 35 |
| 2004 sci-fi film | 16 |
| 2004 sci-fi film based on a 1950 book | 37 |
| 2004 sci-fi thriller | 20 |
| 2004 sequel to a 2001 remake of a 1960 film | 43 |
| 2004 Smith film set in 2035 | 27 |
| 2004 soccer retiree Hamm | 24 |
| 2004 Sondheim musical, with "The" | 43 |
| 2004 speaker of the house | 25 |
| 2004 Spears single | 18 |
| 2004 spinoff show | 17 |
| 2004 Stanley Cup winners | 24 |
| 2004 Stiller title role | 23 |
| 2004 swing state | 16 |
| 2004 team lead by a Kidd | 24 |
| 2004 They Might Be Giants album (with "The") | 54 |
| 2004 title role for Anne Hathaway | 33 |
| 2004 title role for Jamie | 25 |
| 2004 title role for Jude Law | 28 |
| 2004 tsunami locale | 19 |
| 2004 U.S. Senior Open winner Peter | 34 |
| 2004 U.S. Women's Open winner Mallon | 40 |
| 2004 Usher single | 17 |
| 2004 Vibe Awards co-host | 24 |
| 2004 Viggo Mortensen film | 25 |
| 2004 W.S. losers | 16 |
| 2004 White House hopeful Wesley | 31 |
| 2004 Will Ferrell flim | 22 |
| 2004 Will Smith animated film | 29 |
| 2004 Will Smith film | 20 |
| 2004 Will Smith sci-fi film | 27 |
| 2004 Will Smith thriller | 24 |
| 2004 Wimbledon champ | 20 |
| 2004 World Golf Hall of Fame inductee | 37 |
| 2004 World Golf Hall of Fame inductee Isao | 42 |
| 2004 World Series "curse" beaters | 43 |
| 2004 World Series champs | 24 |
| 2004 Zooey Deschanel film | 25 |
| 2004's ___ flu | 18 |
| 2004, but not 2003 | 18 |
| 2004, e.g. | 10 |
| 2004, on some cornerstones | 26 |
| 2004, with "The" | 26 |
| 2004,1997 and 1999, in China | 28 |
| 2004-06 Haitian P.M. | 20 |
| 2004-06 poet laureate Kooser and others | 39 |
| 2004-13 CBS procedural | 22 |
| 2005 #1 album by Ashlee Simpson | 31 |
| 2005 #1 album for Coldplay | 26 |
| 2005 "50th Anniversary" autos | 39 |
| 2005 "American Idol" runner-up | 40 |
| 2005 "American Idol" runner-up to Carrie Underwood | 60 |
| 2005 "American Idol" singer Bo | 40 |
| 2005 "pornification" of a 1998 summer blockbuster | 59 |
| 2005 "Survivor" island | 32 |
| 2005 "Survivor" island nation | 39 |
| 2005 "Survivor" locale | 32 |
| 2005 "Survivor" setting | 33 |
| 2005 17-race series | 19 |
| 2005 A&E series about a tattoo company | 42 |
| 2005 A.L. Hank Aaron Award winner | 33 |
| 2005 A.L. MVP, familiarly | 25 |
| 2005 adaptation of the thriller "Honogurai mizu no soko kara" | 71 |
| 2005 and 2006 (abbr.) | 21 |