| 2010 Best Picture nominee | 25 |
| 2010 Apple blockbuster | 22 |
| 2010 Angelina Jolie spy film | 28 |
| 2010 American Idol runner-up | 28 |
| 2010 AFC Championship losers | 28 |
| 2009-11 crime drama on Fox | 26 |
| 2009-10 Super Bowl number | 25 |
| 2009-'10 Lady Gaga hit | 26 |
| 2009 World Series MVP Matsui | 28 |
| 2009 World Series MVP Hideki | 28 |
| 2009 U.S. Open champ Glover | 27 |
| 2009 Tobin Bell horror sequel | 29 |
| 2009 title role for Hilary | 26 |
| 2009 Super Bowl number | 22 |
| 2009 Super Bowl MVP Drew | 24 |
| 2009 Super Bowl champs | 22 |
| 2009 Sugar Bowl champs | 22 |
| 2009 Slipknot power ballad | 26 |
| 2009 sci-fi blockbuster | 23 |
| 2009 Sacha Baron Cohen film | 27 |
| 2009 Sacha Baron Cohen comedy | 29 |
| 2009 Ruben Studdard album | 25 |
| 2009 Robert Duvall movie | 24 |
| 2009 portrayer of Scrooge | 25 |
| 2009 PGA Championship winner | 28 |
| 2009 Peace Prize recipient | 26 |
| 2009 Peace Prize Nobelist | 25 |
| 2009 Panasonic acquisition | 26 |
| 2009 Nobel Prize winner | 23 |
| 2009 Nobel Peace Prize winner | 29 |
| 2009 NL Cy Young winner | 23 |
| 2009 newsmaking insurance co. | 29 |
| 2009 NCAA basketball champs | 27 |
| 2009 Miss America Katie | 23 |
| 2009 Mark Twain Prize awardee | 29 |
| 2009 James Cameron movie | 24 |
| 2009 James Cameron epic | 23 |
| 2009 is his bicentennial year | 29 |
| 2009 inauguration recitation | 28 |
| 2009 Hilary Swank movie | 23 |
| 2009 Hilary Swank film | 22 |
| 2009 Hilary Swank biopic | 24 |
| 2009 Grammy-winning vocalist | 28 |
| 2009 film set on Pandora | 24 |
| 2009 film role for John Cho | 27 |
| 2009 federal rebate program | 27 |
| 2009 Disney film in 3-D | 23 |
| 2009 Daniel Day-Lewis film | 26 |
| 2009 Beyoncé single | 22 |
| 2009 Best Picture nominee | 25 |
| 2009 Best Musical nominee | 25 |
| 2009 baseball retiree Moises | 28 |
| 2009 awards show disrupter | 26 |
| 2009 A.L. MVP Joe Mauer, e.g. | 29 |
| 2009 #1 Lady Antebellum hit | 27 |
| 2008 World Series winner | 24 |
| 2008 World Series virgins | 25 |
| 2008 World Series runner-ups | 28 |
| 2008 World Series player | 24 |
| 2008 World Series MVP Hamels | 28 |
| 2008 World Series champs | 24 |
| 2008 World Series athlete | 25 |
| 2008 Wimbledon winner Rafael | 28 |
| 2008 Will Ferrell hoops film | 28 |
| 2008 Verizon acquisition | 24 |
| 2008 Travolta/Cyrus flick | 25 |
| 2008 top dog at Westminster | 27 |
| 2008 tennis retiree Monica | 26 |
| 2008 Sylvester Stallone movie | 29 |
| 2008 Super Bowl number | 22 |
| 2008 Super Bowl MVP Manning | 27 |
| 2008 Summer Olympics host | 25 |
| 2008 Steven Soderbergh film | 27 |
| 2008 Steven Soderbergh biopic | 29 |
| 2008 Soderbergh biopic | 22 |
| 2008 Shia LaBeouf movie | 23 |
| 2008 Seth Rogen comedy film | 27 |
| 2008 role for Michael Caine | 27 |
| 2008 Robert Pattinson film | 26 |
| 2008 Robert Downey Jr. hit | 26 |
| 2008 Republican hopeful | 23 |
| 2008 presidential candidate | 27 |
| 2008 Palin counterpart | 22 |
| 2008 Olympics swimmer Dara | 26 |
| 2008 Olympics sensation | 23 |
| 2008 Olympics protesters | 24 |
| 2008 Olympics host, for short | 29 |
| 2008 NCAA soccer champs | 23 |
| 2008 NBA Finals losers | 22 |
| 2008 Meryl Streep film title! | 29 |
| 2008 Meryl Streep film | 22 |
| 2008 Mars probe discovery | 25 |
| 2008 Liam Neeson thriller | 25 |
| 2008 Liam Neeson movie | 22 |
| 2008 L.A.-Phila. showdown | 25 |
| 2008 Kingsley-Cruz drama | 24 |
| 2008 Jordin Sparks duet | 23 |
| 2008 Jason Statham thriller | 27 |
| 2008 Janet Jackson hit | 22 |
| 2008 Infogrames acquisition | 27 |