| 2005 Golden Globe honoree Hatcher | 33 |
| 2005 George Clooney movie | 25 |
| 2005 George Clooney film about petroleum politics | 49 |
| 2005 film for which George Clooney won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar | 70 |
| 2005 film about krump dancing | 29 |
| 2005 Fiesta Bowl winners | 24 |
| 2005 Fiesta Bowl champs | 23 |
| 2005 fantasy film | 17 |
| 2005 eruptor | 12 |
| 2005 Emmy winner for Dramatic Series | 36 |
| 2005 Emmy winner for "ER" | 35 |
| 2005 Emmy winner for "Boston Legal" | 45 |
| 2005 Edward Norton film | 23 |
| 2005 Drama Pulitzer finalist Will | 33 |
| 2005 documentary subtitled "The Smartest Guys in the Room" | 68 |
| 2005 Disney flick | 17 |
| 2005 Depeche Mode song | 22 |
| 2005 Cooperstown electee along with Wade | 40 |
| 2005 Coldplay album with the single "Speed of Sound" | 62 |
| 2005 Coldplay album | 19 |
| 2005 coin with a bison | 22 |
| 2005 Christopher Nolan action film | 34 |
| 2005 Christo display in New York City, with "the" | 59 |
| 2005 Chicago Cubs manager | 25 |
| 2005 chemistry co-Nobelist Chauvin | 34 |
| 2005 Champions Tour standout Jay | 32 |
| 2005 Category 5 | 15 |
| 2005 Canadian Idol runner-up | 28 |
| 2005 Canadian Idol | 18 |
| 2005 Bush Supreme Court nominee | 31 |
| 2005 Brosnan/Kinnear film with a bullfight scene | 48 |
| 2005 Broadway hit based on a 1974 film | 38 |
| 2005 Brad Pitt role | 19 |
| 2005 Black Eyed Peas hit that Pitchfork called "so monumentally vacuous, slapped together and tossed-off that it truly tests the definition of 'song.'" | 169 |
| 2005 biography subtitled "The Making of a Terrorist" | 62 |
| 2005 Best Supporting Actress nominee for "Junebug" | 60 |
| 2005 Best Picture winner | 24 |
| 2005 Best Picture nominee | 25 |
| 2005 Best New Artist Grammy winner | 34 |
| 2005 Best Musical Tony winner | 29 |
| 2005 Best Foreign Film from South Africa | 40 |
| 2005 Best Director Oscar winner Lee | 35 |
| 2005 Best Director Lee | 22 |
| 2005 Best Actress winner | 24 |
| 2005 Best Actor role | 20 |
| 2005 Beck single | 16 |
| 2005 Beck hit | 13 |
| 2005 batting champ Derrek | 25 |
| 2005 award for Leigh Ann Hester, the first woman to win it since WWII | 69 |
| 2005 award for A-Rod | 20 |
| 2005 Australian Open winner Safin | 33 |
| 2005 Australian Open winner Marat | 33 |
| 2005 animated film | 18 |
| 2005 and 2006 (abbr.) | 21 |
| 2005 adaptation of the thriller "Honogurai mizu no soko kara" | 71 |
| 2005 A.L. MVP, familiarly | 25 |
| 2005 A.L. Hank Aaron Award winner | 33 |
| 2005 A&E series about a tattoo company | 42 |
| 2005 17-race series | 19 |
| 2005 "Survivor" setting | 33 |
| 2005 "Survivor" locale | 32 |
| 2005 "Survivor" island nation | 39 |
| 2005 "Survivor" island | 32 |
| 2005 "pornification" of a 1998 summer blockbuster | 59 |
| 2005 "American Idol" singer Bo | 40 |
| 2005 "American Idol" runner-up to Carrie Underwood | 60 |
| 2005 "American Idol" runner-up | 40 |
| 2005 "50th Anniversary" autos | 39 |
| 2005 #1 album for Coldplay | 26 |
| 2005 #1 album by Ashlee Simpson | 31 |
| 2004-13 CBS procedural | 22 |
| 2004-06 poet laureate Kooser and others | 39 |
| 2004-06 Haitian P.M. | 20 |
| 2004,1997 and 1999, in China | 28 |
| 2004, with "The" | 26 |
| 2004, on some cornerstones | 26 |
| 2004, e.g. | 10 |
| 2004, but not 2003 | 18 |
| 2004's ___ flu | 18 |
| 2004 Zooey Deschanel film | 25 |
| 2004 World Series champs | 24 |
| 2004 World Series "curse" beaters | 43 |
| 2004 World Golf Hall of Fame inductee Isao | 42 |
| 2004 World Golf Hall of Fame inductee | 37 |
| 2004 Wimbledon champ | 20 |
| 2004 Will Smith thriller | 24 |
| 2004 Will Smith sci-fi film | 27 |
| 2004 Will Smith film | 20 |
| 2004 Will Smith animated film | 29 |
| 2004 Will Ferrell flim | 22 |
| 2004 White House hopeful Wesley | 31 |
| 2004 W.S. losers | 16 |
| 2004 Viggo Mortensen film | 25 |
| 2004 Vibe Awards co-host | 24 |
| 2004 Usher single | 17 |
| 2004 U.S. Women's Open winner Mallon | 40 |
| 2004 U.S. Senior Open winner Peter | 34 |
| 2004 tsunami locale | 19 |
| 2004 title role for Jude Law | 28 |
| 2004 title role for Jamie | 25 |