| 1990 World Series champs | 24 |
| 1990 World Cup site, locally | 28 |
| 1990 World Cup host, locally | 28 |
| 1990 Van Morrison single | 24 |
| 1990 U.S. Open tennis winner | 28 |
| 1990 Tom Cruise racing film | 27 |
| 1990 Stanley Cup champs | 23 |
| 1990 stage and film biography | 29 |
| 1990 Robert Redford film | 24 |
| 1990 reunification site | 23 |
| 1990 physics nobelis Richard | 28 |
| 1990 one-man Broadway show | 26 |
| 1990 Nicolas Cage film | 22 |
| 1990 Newman/Woodward drama | 26 |
| 1990 Newman-Woodward film | 25 |
| 1990 N.C.A.A. hoops champs | 26 |
| 1990 Matsushita acquisition | 27 |
| 1990 Macaulay Culkin film | 25 |
| 1990 Liam Neeson movie | 22 |
| 1990 Kevin Costner film | 23 |
| 1990 invaders of Kuwait | 23 |
| 1990 Indy 500 winner Luyendyk | 29 |
| 1990 Hall and Oates hit | 23 |
| 1990 Gérard Depardieu film | 29 |
| 1990 Depeche Mode album | 23 |
| 1990 Connery-Pfeiffer film | 26 |
| 1990 Broadway one-man show | 26 |
| 1990 Broadway one-man play | 26 |
| 1990 Bette Midler film | 22 |
| 1990 Best Supporting Actress | 28 |
| 1990 Belinda Carlisle hit | 25 |
| 1990 Barry Levinson film | 24 |
| 1990 A.L. Rookie of the Year | 28 |
| 1989 World Series site | 22 |
| 1989 world champion skater | 26 |
| 1989 Winona Ryder movie | 23 |
| 1989 Wilbur Smith novel | 23 |
| 1989 underwater sci-fi film | 27 |
| 1989 undersea thriller | 22 |
| 1989 Tom Selleck movie | 22 |
| 1989 They Might Be Giants jam | 29 |
| 1989 Steven Spielberg film | 26 |
| 1989 skateboarding film | 23 |
| 1989 sci-fi film with The | 29 |
| 1989 Roseanne Barr title role | 29 |
| 1989 Rolling Stones album | 25 |
| 1989 Robin Williams film | 24 |
| 1989 Ricki Lake TV movie | 24 |
| 1989 protest site in China | 26 |
| 1989 play about Capote | 22 |
| 1989 Peace Prize winner | 23 |
| 1989 Peace Prize recipient | 26 |
| 1989 Paul McCartney song | 24 |
| 1989 Oscar winner Jessica | 25 |
| 1989 one-man Broadway drama | 27 |
| 1989 Nobel Peace Prize winner | 29 |
| 1989 Neill/Kidman thriller | 26 |
| 1989 Nancy Reagan book | 22 |
| 1989 Morgan Freeman movie | 25 |
| 1989 Morgan Freeman film | 24 |
| 1989 Literature Nobelist | 24 |
| 1989 Kevin Costner film | 23 |
| 1989 John Travolta film | 23 |
| 1989 John Candy comedy | 22 |
| 1989 James Michener novel | 25 |
| 1989 Jack Lemmon tearjerker | 27 |
| 1989 Isaac Asimov book | 22 |
| 1989 Heglers best seller | 24 |
| 1989 Hanks/Fisher comedy | 24 |
| 1989 Great White album | 22 |
| 1989 General Motors debut | 25 |
| 1989 French Open winner | 23 |
| 1989 Fred Savage comedy | 23 |
| 1989 film about a baby bird? | 28 |
| 1989 Daniel Day-Lewis film | 26 |
| 1989 chemistry nobelist Sid | 27 |
| 1989 Candy movie (2 words) | 26 |
| 1989 Bruce Chatwin novel | 24 |
| 1989 Broadway monodrama | 23 |
| 1989 Broadway melodrama | 23 |
| 1989 Bond girl Bouvier | 22 |
| 1989 Bligh Reef casualty | 24 |
| 1989 big-screen mermaid | 23 |
| 1989 Bette Midler hit, aptly | 28 |
| 1989 Best Picture nominee | 25 |
| 1989 Beijing protest site | 25 |
| 1989 Annabella Sciorra film | 27 |
| 1989 Aaron Sorkin play | 22 |
| 1989 #2 Bobby Brown song | 24 |
| 1989 #1 hit for the Bangles | 27 |
| 1989 #1 hit for Paula Abdul | 27 |
| 1988 World Series hero Gibson | 29 |
| 1988 World Series champs | 24 |
| 1988 Whitney Houston hit | 24 |
| 1988 U2 album and movie | 23 |
| 1988 U2 album ____ and Hum | 29 |
| 1988 U.S. Open loser to Mats | 28 |
| 1988 U.S. Open champ Wilander | 29 |
| 1988 Tracy Chapman hit | 22 |
| 1988 tennis Grand Slam winner | 29 |