| 1986 Indianapolis 500 winner | 28 |
| 1986 Huey Lewis and the News hit about how puzzlemakers feel? | 61 |
| 1986 Huey Lewis and the News hit | 32 |
| 1986 hit for Starship | 21 |
| 1986 hit for Stacey Q | 21 |
| 1986 hit "_____ Only Love" | 36 |
| 1986 hit "____ Love" | 30 |
| 1986 girl's-name song by Boston | 35 |
| 1986 General Electric acquisition | 33 |
| 1986 Gene Hackman film | 22 |
| 1986 GE takeover | 16 |
| 1986 film that takes place in the colony LV-426 | 47 |
| 1986 film shot partly in a decommissioned power plant | 53 |
| 1986 film sequel Razzie-nominated for Worst Visual Effects | 58 |
| 1986 film for which Paul Newman won his only Oscar | 50 |
| 1986 film for the birds? | 24 |
| 1986 film featuring Chevy Chase as Dusty Bottoms | 48 |
| 1986 Eastwood film | 18 |
| 1986 Detroit debut | 18 |
| 1986 David Cronenberg adaptation | 32 |
| 1986 Danson-Mandel comedy | 25 |
| 1986 Cyndi Lauper song | 22 |
| 1986 comedy with the tagline "The Wizard of Auz hits The Big Apple!" | 78 |
| 1986 comedy starring Whoopi Goldberg | 36 |
| 1986 college hoops film | 23 |
| 1986 CMA Entertainer of the Year McEntire | 41 |
| 1986 Chuck Norris flick, with "The" | 45 |
| 1986 chart-topper by Starship | 29 |
| 1986 Canadian peace keeping locale | 34 |
| 1986 Brad Davis film | 20 |
| 1986 book by rocker Turner | 26 |
| 1986 body implant | 17 |
| 1986 BMX racing film | 20 |
| 1986 BMX movie | 14 |
| 1986 Blake Edwards film spoof | 29 |
| 1986 Blake Edwards comedy flop (aptly named, as it turned out) | 62 |
| 1986 bestselling autobiography | 30 |
| 1986 Best Picture | 17 |
| 1986 Best New Artist Grammy winner | 34 |
| 1986 Best Actress Matlin | 24 |
| 1986 Bangles hit about working | 30 |
| 1986 Bangles hit | 16 |
| 1986 Bananarama chart-topper | 28 |
| 1986 autobiography written with Kurt Loder | 42 |
| 1986 Art Spiegelman book | 24 |
| 1986 and 1993 Smythe Trophy winner | 34 |
| 1986 Academy Awards cohost | 26 |
| 1986 "fish out of water" movie | 40 |
| 1986 #1 Starship hit | 20 |
| 1986 #1 song by Starship | 24 |
| 1986 #1 hit for Whitney Houston | 31 |
| 1986 #1 hit for Starship | 24 |
| 1986 #1 hit by Starship | 23 |
| 1985-93 senator from Tennessee | 30 |
| 1985-88 attorney general | 24 |
| 1985-87 U.S. Open champ Lendl | 29 |
| 1985-87 U.S. Open champ | 23 |
| 1985-'90 "Saturday Night Live" regular | 52 |
| 1985-'87 U.S. Open champ | 28 |
| 1985's "To Live and Die ---" | 42 |
| 1985's ''To Live and Die ___'' | 50 |
| 1985 World Series winners | 25 |
| 1985 World Series champs | 24 |
| 1985 William M. Hoffman play about AIDS | 39 |
| 1985 Wilford Brimley flick about rejuvenation | 45 |
| 1985 western starring two Kevins | 32 |
| 1985 video game release, initially | 34 |
| 1985 vampire movie | 18 |
| 1985 vampire flick | 18 |
| 1985 Union Carbide acquisition | 30 |
| 1985 U.S. Open winner Mandlikova | 32 |
| 1985 Tom Hanks comedy | 21 |
| 1985 Tennis Hall of Fame inductee | 33 |
| 1985 teen movie about morning washup? | 37 |
| 1985 Steven Spielberg film with 11 Oscar nominations and no wins | 64 |
| 1985 Springsteen hit | 20 |
| 1985 sorority-themed film | 25 |
| 1985 Sonia Braga film role | 26 |
| 1985 Smiths single with the line "I am human and I need to be loved / Just like everybody else does" | 110 |
| 1985 sequel to a classic 1939 film | 34 |
| 1985 sci-fi rerun? | 18 |
| 1985 sci-fi film with Dennis Quaid and Louis Gossett, Jr. | 57 |
| 1985 sci-fi film based on a Hugo Award-winning novella | 54 |
| 1985 Schwarzenegger film about a sword-and-sorcery heroine | 58 |
| 1985 Sade hit | 13 |
| 1985 Ron Howard film | 20 |
| 1985 role for Lange | 19 |
| 1985 Robert Redford film | 24 |
| 1985 Rick Springfield album | 27 |
| 1985 Reagan appointee | 21 |
| 1985 Ready for the World hit that knocked "Money for Nothing" out of the #1 spot | 90 |
| 1985 Ralph McInerny novel | 25 |
| 1985 Queen song on the "Iron Eagle" soundtrack | 56 |
| 1985 Pulitzer winner for "The Good War" | 49 |
| 1985 Prince hit "Raspberry _____" | 43 |
| 1985 Prince hit | 15 |
| 1985 Pointer Sisters hit | 24 |
| 1985 Peter Yates-directed movie | 31 |
| 1985 Oscars co-host with Fonda and Williams | 43 |
| 1985 Orson Scott Card novel | 27 |