| 2008 World Series runner-ups | 28 |
| 2008 World Series player | 24 |
| 2008 World Series of Poker bracelet winner Kenny | 48 |
| 2008 World Series MVP Hamels | 28 |
| 2008 World Series champs | 24 |
| 2008 World Series athlete | 25 |
| 2008 women's basketball gold medalists | 42 |
| 2008 Wimbledon winner Rafael | 28 |
| 2008 Wimbledon champ | 20 |
| 2008 Will Ferrell sports comedy | 31 |
| 2008 Will Ferrell hoops film | 28 |
| 2008 Vince Vaughn film in our series | 36 |
| 2008 video game where you begin as a microscopic organism | 57 |
| 2008 Verizon acquisition | 24 |
| 2008 U.S. govt. bailout recipient | 33 |
| 2008 TV movie with Laura Dern as Katherine Harris | 49 |
| 2008 Travolta/Cyrus flick | 25 |
| 2008 top dog at Westminster | 27 |
| 2008 title role for Benicio Del Toro | 36 |
| 2008 title role for Adam Sandler | 32 |
| 2008 Tina Fey/Amy Poehler comedy | 32 |
| 2008 ticker-tape parade recipients | 34 |
| 2008 Texas hurricane | 20 |
| 2008 tennis retiree Monica | 26 |
| 2008 TARP recipient | 19 |
| 2008 Sylvester Stallone movie | 29 |
| 2008 Super Bowl number | 22 |
| 2008 Super Bowl MVP Manning | 27 |
| 2008 Super Bowl M.V.P. Manning | 30 |
| 2008 Summer Olympics host | 25 |
| 2008 Summer Games phenom Michael | 32 |
| 2008 Steven Soderbergh film | 27 |
| 2008 Steven Soderbergh biopic | 29 |
| 2008 Steve Carell film based on a '60s sitcom | 49 |
| 2008 Stallone film | 18 |
| 2008 spoof flick that got a rare 0% rating from the website Rotten Tomatoes | 75 |
| 2008 Soderbergh biopic | 22 |
| 2008 Shia LaBeouf movie | 23 |
| 2008 Seth Rogen comedy film | 27 |
| 2008 Seann William Scott/Paul Rudd comedy | 41 |
| 2008 Russian presidential candidate | 35 |
| 2008 runner | 11 |
| 2008 Rose Bowl team | 19 |
| 2008 role for Michael Caine | 27 |
| 2008 role for Benicio Del Toro | 30 |
| 2008 role for Benicio | 21 |
| 2008 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Leonard | 48 |
| 2008 Robert Pattinson film | 26 |
| 2008 Robert Downey Jr. hit | 26 |
| 2008 Republican hopeful | 23 |
| 2008 remake of a Japanese horror film in our series | 51 |
| 2008 recipient of govt. largesse | 32 |
| 2008 Radiohead song | 19 |
| 2008 presidential debate subject | 32 |
| 2008 Presidential debate issue | 30 |
| 2008 presidential candidate | 27 |
| 2008 Pixar robot | 16 |
| 2008 Pixar movie | 16 |
| 2008 Pixar hit | 14 |
| 2008 Pixar film about a trash-compacting robot | 46 |
| 2008 party line | 15 |
| 2008 Palin counterpart | 22 |
| 2008 or 2012 | 12 |
| 2008 Olympics tennis champion Dementieva | 40 |
| 2008 Olympics swimmer Dara | 26 |
| 2008 Olympics site | 18 |
| 2008 Olympics sensation | 23 |
| 2008 Olympics protesters | 24 |
| 2008 Olympics host, on the scoreboards | 38 |
| 2008 Olympics host, for short | 29 |
| 2008 Olympics host | 18 |
| 2008 Olympic tennis gold medalist | 33 |
| 2008 Olympic gold medalist in men's tennis | 46 |
| 2008 Obie winner Kate | 21 |
| 2008 NYSE acquisition | 21 |
| 2008 NCAA soccer champs | 23 |
| 2008 NBC series based on a Defoe novel | 38 |
| 2008 NBC series | 15 |
| 2008 NBA Sixth Man of the Year | 30 |
| 2008 NBA Finals losers | 22 |
| 2008 National League Rookie of the Year Geovany | 47 |
| 2008 N.L. Cy Young Award winner Lincecum | 40 |
| 2008 movie with an obsolete title | 33 |
| 2008 movie remake | 17 |
| 2008 Meryl Streep film title! | 29 |
| 2008 Meryl Streep film | 22 |
| 2008 Mars probe discovery | 25 |
| 2008 Mariah Carey song in dire need of painkillers? | 51 |
| 2008 Major League Soccer champion | 33 |
| 2008 Libertarian presidential candidate | 39 |
| 2008 Libertarian Party candidate for President | 46 |
| 2008 Liam Neeson thriller | 25 |
| 2008 Liam Neeson movie | 22 |
| 2008 L.A.-Phila. showdown | 25 |
| 2008 Kingsley-Cruz drama | 24 |
| 2008 kids' movie "___'s Island" | 49 |
| 2008 Kathryn Bigelow film about a bomb disposal team | 52 |
| 2008 Jordin Sparks duet | 23 |
| 2008 Jodi Picoult novel ... or a hint to the puzzle theme | 57 |
| 2008 Jason Statham thriller | 27 |