| 1986-94 legal drama | 19 |
| 1986-93 war-themed Marvel Comics series, with "The" | 61 |
| 1986-87 Mets All-Star Fernandez | 31 |
| 1986-87 Emmy winner for drama | 29 |
| 1986-'94 Steven Bochco series | 33 |
| 1986's Friday the 13th Part VI : ____ | 47 |
| 1986 World Series winners | 25 |
| 1986 World Series stadium | 25 |
| 1986 World Series site | 22 |
| 1986 World Series ring wearer | 29 |
| 1986 World Series chant | 23 |
| 1986 World Series champs | 24 |
| 1986 World Cup champs: Abbr. | 28 |
| 1986 world champion American figure skater | 42 |
| 1986 Whoopi Goldberg movie | 26 |
| 1986 Weaver thriller | 20 |
| 1986 USSR launch | 16 |
| 1986 U.S.S.R. launch | 20 |
| 1986 Turner autobiography | 25 |
| 1986 top 10 hit for Billy Idol | 30 |
| 1986 Tom Hanks film, with "The" | 41 |
| 1986 Tom Cruise/Val Kilmer action film | 38 |
| 1986 Tom Cruise flick | 21 |
| 1986 Tom Cruise film | 20 |
| 1986 Tom Cruise blockbuster | 27 |
| 1986 title role for Mia | 23 |
| 1986 thriller starring Bryan Brown and Brian Dennehy | 52 |
| 1986 teen romance film | 22 |
| 1986 Starship hit | 17 |
| 1986 Spacek/Kline flick | 23 |
| 1986 soul autobiography | 23 |
| 1986 Sigourney Weaver thriller | 30 |
| 1986 Sigourney Weaver film | 26 |
| 1986 showbiz autobiography | 26 |
| 1986 sequel with the tagline "This time it's war" | 63 |
| 1986 self-titled soul album | 27 |
| 1986 self-titled album whose cover was Andy Warhol's last work | 66 |
| 1986 Sean Connery movie based on an Umberto Eco novel | 53 |
| 1986 sci-fi sequel with Paul Reiser in a rare "villain" role | 70 |
| 1986 sci-fi sequel | 18 |
| 1986 sci-fi movie sequel | 24 |
| 1986 sci-fi hit | 15 |
| 1986 role for Paul Hogan | 24 |
| 1986 rock star autobiography | 28 |
| 1986 rock memoir | 16 |
| 1986 rock autobiography | 23 |
| 1986 rock autobio | 17 |
| 1986 Robert Redford "chick flick"? | 44 |
| 1986 R.E.M. jam "Fall ___" | 36 |
| 1986 R.E.M. hit with the prechorus line "And tell the sky and tell the sky" | 85 |
| 1986 Pulitzer-winning Western novel | 35 |
| 1986 Pulitzer-winning novel set in a cattle drive | 49 |
| 1986 PGA Player of the Year Bob | 31 |
| 1986 PGA Player of the Year | 27 |
| 1986 PGA Championship winner Bob | 32 |
| 1986 PGA Championship winner | 28 |
| 1986 PGA champ Bob | 18 |
| 1986 pennant winner | 19 |
| 1986 Peace Nobelist Wiesel | 26 |
| 1986 Paul Newman film | 21 |
| 1986 parody of a Sylvester Stallone film series | 47 |
| 1986 P.G.A. Championship winner Bob | 35 |
| 1986 P.G.A. Championship winner | 31 |
| 1986 or 1994 film | 17 |
| 1986 Oliver Stone movie | 23 |
| 1986 Nobelist Wiesel | 20 |
| 1986 Nobel Prize name | 21 |
| 1986 Nobel Peace Prize winner | 29 |
| 1986 Newman/Cruise movie | 24 |
| 1986 Newman/Cruise film | 23 |
| 1986 Newman movie | 17 |
| 1986 NBA Rookie of the Year | 27 |
| 1986 N.L. Manager of the Year Lanier | 36 |
| 1986 N.L. batting champ Tim | 27 |
| 1986 MVP | 8 |
| 1986 movie truant | 17 |
| 1986 movie title trio | 21 |
| 1986 movie based on the Stephen King novella "The Body" ... and this puzzle's theme | 97 |
| 1986 Molly Ringwald movie | 25 |
| 1986 Molly Ringwald film | 24 |
| 1986 Michael Mann movie | 23 |
| 1986 Martin Scorsese film | 25 |
| 1986 Martin Amis book, with "The" | 43 |
| 1986 Madonna hit | 16 |
| 1986 Louis Gossett Jr. film with three sequels | 46 |
| 1986 Louis Gossett Jr. film | 27 |
| 1986 launch | 11 |
| 1986 John Landis film, in Rome? | 31 |
| 1986 John Hughes film | 21 |
| 1986 John Frankenheimer film, in Rome? | 38 |
| 1986 Janet Jackson hit | 22 |
| 1986 James Cameron film | 23 |
| 1986 Indy winner Bobby | 22 |
| 1986 Indy winner | 16 |
| 1986 Indy champ Bobby | 21 |
| 1986 Indy champ | 15 |
| 1986 Indy 500 winner Bobby | 26 |
| 1986 Indy 500 winner | 20 |
| 1986 Indy 500 champion | 22 |
| 1986 Indy 500 champ Bobby | 25 |