| 1991 Extreme hit about the deeper meaning of puzzles? | 53 |
| 1991 entrant for the Democratic presidential nomination | 55 |
| 1991 ensemble film named for an Arizona tourist spot | 52 |
| 1991 DeVito film, ''___ People's Money'' | 60 |
| 1991 comedy with a behind-the-scenes look at a daytime drama | 60 |
| 1991 biopic directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Jeremy Irons | 67 |
| 1990s-2000s kids' show starring a pooch named for its color | 63 |
| 1990s wrestling show on USA (until the league changed its name) | 63 |
| 1990s sitcom character who had his own breakfast cereal | 55 |
| 1990s comedy film about an Italian restaurant owned by brothers | 63 |
| 1990s castmate of Ferrell on "Saturday Night Live" | 60 |
| 1990s ad word that means "driving pleasure" | 53 |
| 1990's sitcom that for one full season was aired live | 57 |
| 1990's sitcom starring a real-life rap/R & B family | 59 |
| 1990's "Groove Is In the Heart" dance band | 56 |
| 1990 Stallone flick with the tagline "Go For It" | 58 |
| 1990 sequel to "Chinatown," with "The" | 58 |
| 1990 Roscoe Mitchell album (and this puzzle's theme) | 56 |
| 1990 Hollywood autobiography subtitled "My Story" | 59 |
| 1990 Hollywood autobio subtitled "My Story" | 53 |
| 1990 Grammy winner for her album "Days of Open Hand" | 62 |
| 1990 film star autobiography subtitled "My Story" | 59 |
| 1990 autobiography subtitled "Baseball, the Wall and Me" | 66 |
| 1990 #1 rap hit that starts "Yo, V.I.P., let's kick it" | 69 |
| 1989 Sally Field/Dolly Parton/Shirley MacLaine movie | 52 |
| 1989 Rush album with a rabbit in a top hat on its cover | 55 |
| 1989 Richard Dreyfuss film shown on BET, appropriately? | 55 |
| 1989 James Cameron sci-fi thriller, with "the" | 56 |
| 1989 film with Michael Richards as Stanley Spadowski | 52 |
| 1989 film in which author Stephen King plays a minister | 55 |
| 1989 #1 hit for Mike + The Mechanics, with "The" | 58 |
| 1988 thriller with Alan Rickman as terrorist Hans Gruber | 56 |
| 1988 remake directed by the creators of Max Headroom | 52 |
| 1988 Radio Hall of Fame inductee, with "The" | 54 |
| 1988 movie based on the novel "The Grizzly King" | 58 |
| 1988 film with the line "I'm an excellent driver" | 63 |
| 1988 film that precipitated the Buchwald v. Paramount lawsuit | 61 |
| 1988 film costarring Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin | 54 |
| 1988 comedy starring Richard Dreyfuss and Raul Julia | 52 |
| 1987 Tony-winning actress for "Broadway Bound" | 56 |
| 1987 rom-com with Bruce Willis in his first leading role | 56 |
| 1987 movie consisting of 10 short films by 10 different directors | 65 |
| 1987 Michael Jackson single from an album of the same name | 58 |
| 1987 Joanne Woodward/John Malkovich drama, with "The" | 63 |
| 1987 James Gleick book subtitled "Making a New Science" | 65 |
| 1987 film with the tagline "Every dream has a price" | 62 |
| 1987 drama based on the true story of teacher Jaime Escalante | 61 |
| 1987 Costner film, and a hint to this puzzle's theme | 56 |
| 1987 Caldecott Medal book about a janitor and his dog | 53 |
| 1987 album later rereleased as "The Celts" | 52 |
| 1986-93 war-themed Marvel Comics series, with "The" | 61 |
| 1986 thriller starring Bryan Brown and Brian Dennehy | 52 |
| 1986 sequel with the tagline "This time it's war" | 63 |
| 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 Huey Lewis and the News hit about how puzzlemakers feel? | 61 |
| 1986 film shot partly in a decommissioned power plant | 53 |
| 1986 film sequel Razzie-nominated for Worst Visual Effects | 58 |
| 1986 Blake Edwards comedy flop (aptly named, as it turned out) | 62 |
| 1985-'90 "Saturday Night Live" regular | 52 |
| 1985 Steven Spielberg film with 11 Oscar nominations and no wins | 64 |
| 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 Queen song on the "Iron Eagle" soundtrack | 56 |
| 1985 National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame inductee | 63 |
| 1985 multi-venue charity concert for Ethiopian famine | 53 |
| 1985 movie based on three Stephen King short stories | 52 |
| 1985 hit instrumental from "Beverly Hills Cop" | 56 |
| 1985 autobiography subtitled "A Success Story" | 56 |
| 1985 Akira Kurosawa film based on "King Lear" | 55 |
| 1985 Academy Awards cohost with Jane Fonda and Robin Williams | 61 |
| 1985 #1 hit whose title explains 11 answers in this grid | 56 |
| 1984 romantic comedy starring Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah | 56 |
| 1984 Robert Urich sci-fi comedy, with "The" | 53 |
| 1984 movie with the line "I've been slimed" | 57 |
| 1984 memoir whose titular character's last name is Gatzoyiannis | 67 |
| 1984 Matthew Modine movie with a Peter Gabriel soundtrack | 57 |
| 1984 hit with the lyric "Have a banana, have a whole bunch" | 69 |
| 1984 film whose soundtrack had a #1 hit with the same title | 59 |
| 1984 Elton John hit subtitled "Say So Much" | 53 |
| 1984 action film originally intended to star Sylvester Stallone | 63 |
| 1983 song where the title character gets thanked a lot | 54 |
| 1983 song that begins "Hate New York City" | 52 |
| 1983 Oscar-winning film for Best Original Song Score | 52 |
| 1983 one-hit wonder of the Neue Deutsche Welle genre | 52 |
| 1983 memoir whose first part is called "Pursuit" | 58 |
| 1983 film that won the Oscar for Best Music, Original Song | 58 |
| 1983 #1 hit with the lyric "Put on your red shoes" | 60 |
| 1982 sci-fi film set at the ENCOM software corporation | 54 |
| 1982 Ngaio Marsh novel whose title comes from “Macbeth” | 63 |
| 1982 Joan Jett and the Blackhearts song for tree fanciers? | 58 |
| 1982 James Bamford book about the NSA, with "The" | 59 |
| 1982 Grammy-winning singer for "Gershwin Live!" | 57 |
| 1982 Flock of Seagulls hit subtitled "So Far Away" | 60 |
| 1982 film with the tagline "They're here" | 55 |
| 1982 film whose 2010 sequel was subtitled "Legacy" | 60 |
| 1982 Emmy nominee for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | 65 |
| 1982 Donald Fagen hit subtitled "What a Beautiful World" | 66 |
| 1982 biopic about train robber Bill Miner, "The ___" | 62 |