| "1984" state | 22 |
| "1984" shelfmate | 26 |
| "1984" setting | 24 |
| "1984" protagonist __ Smith | 37 |
| "1984" location | 25 |
| "1984" land | 21 |
| "1984" laborer | 24 |
| "1984" group | 22 |
| "1984" figure | 23 |
| "1984" fictional language | 35 |
| "1984" dictator Big ___ | 33 |
| "1984" conspirator | 28 |
| "1984" author | 23 |
| "1984" activity | 25 |
| "1982 Beineix thriller | 27 |
| "1977" Irish rockers | 30 |
| "1914" poet | 21 |
| "19. My all-time favorite rock band is ___" | 53 |
| "1876" novelist | 25 |
| "1876" author | 23 |
| "1812 Overture" letters | 33 |
| "18. In kindergarten art class, while other boys were drawing things like tanks and dinosaurs, I drew ___," | 117 |
| "18 ___ I Die" (platinum Bryan Adams album of 1996) | 61 |
| "18 Yellow Roses" singer, 1963 | 40 |
| "18 Till ___" (Bryan Adams song) | 42 |
| "18 Days" band Saving ___ | 35 |
| "18 and Life" ___ Row | 31 |
| "1776" role | 21 |
| "1776" protagonist | 28 |
| "1776" nickname | 25 |
| "1776" character | 26 |
| "17. I'm psyched I get to write puzzles for 'The ___'" | 76 |
| "17," for one | 23 |
| "16. I got engaged in ___, 2007" | 42 |
| "16 ___" Tom Jones | 28 |
| "15. Me and my buddy Stephen built a ___ after seeing a documentary about the instrument" | 99 |
| "15 minutes of fame" source | 37 |
| "15 minutes of fame" coiner | 37 |
| "15 miles on the ___ Canal" | 37 |
| "15 men on a ___ man's chest ..." | 47 |
| "14. All six members of my current band are ___" | 58 |
| "14 Shades of Grey" group | 35 |
| "13. My favorite book is 'The ___'" | 53 |
| "13 ___ Madeleine" (1946 spy film) | 44 |
| "13 ___ Madeleine" (1946 James Cagney film) | 53 |
| "13 Days to Glory"subject | 35 |
| "127 Hours" subject Ralston | 37 |
| "127 Hours" director | 30 |
| "1234" singer, 2007 | 29 |
| "1234" singer | 23 |
| "12. I burst into tears after seeing the second to last episode of the fifth season of '___'" | 111 |
| "12" preceder | 23 |
| "12 ___ Men" | 22 |
| "12 Years a ___" | 26 |
| "12 Years a Slave" extras | 35 |
| "12 Years a Slave" director McQueen | 45 |
| "12 Years a Slave" award | 34 |
| "12 Years a Slave" actor | 34 |
| "12 Tribes" painter | 29 |
| "12 Monkeys" director | 31 |
| "12 items or ___" | 27 |
| "12 Angry __" | 23 |
| "12 angry men," e.g. | 30 |
| "12 Angry Men" title characters | 41 |
| "12 Angry Men" star Henry | 35 |
| "12 Angry Men" star | 29 |
| "12 Angry Men" role | 29 |
| "12 Angry Men" group | 30 |
| "12 Angry Men" event | 30 |
| "12 Angry Men" director Sidney | 40 |
| "12 Angry Men" director | 33 |
| "12 Angry Men" costar | 31 |
| "12 Angry Men" actor Lee J. | 37 |
| "12 Angry Men" actor | 30 |
| "110 in the Shade" star Will | 38 |
| "110 in the Shade" actress McDonald | 45 |
| "11. Every year for Halloween I go as ___ (except for the one year I went as Senator Lieberman)" | 106 |
| "11 tomatoes in every jar" brand | 42 |
| "11 Harrowhouse" director Avakian | 43 |
| "106 & Park" network | 34 |
| "10538 Overture" band | 31 |
| "101" class, briefly | 30 |
| "101 ___ For a Dead Cat" (controversial 1980s humor book) | 67 |
| "101 ___ for a Dead Cat" (1981 best seller) | 53 |
| "101 ___ for a Dead Cat" | 34 |
| "101 Dalmatians," e.g.? | 33 |
| "101 Dalmatians" star, intimately? | 44 |
| "101 Dalmatians" mother | 33 |
| "101 Dalmatians" dog | 30 |
| "101 Dalmatians" character __ de Vil | 46 |
| "1001 Nights" bird | 28 |
| "1001 Arabian Nights" characters | 42 |
| "1000 Oceans" singer, 1999 | 36 |
| "1000 Oceans" singer Tori | 35 |
| "100" symbols, in Greek numerals | 42 |
| "100 ___" (display on the Eiffel Tower in 1989) | 57 |
| "100 Years...100 Movies" org. | 39 |
| "100 years young" cookie | 34 |
| "100 years of skin care for life" brand | 49 |
| "100 years of journalistic excellence" org. | 53 |