| 1989 film with Michael Richards as Stanley Spadowski | 52 |
| 1989 film set in an inner-city high school | 42 |
| 1989 film set in a beauty shop | 30 |
| 1989 film set at Eastside High | 30 |
| 1989 film in which author Stephen King plays a minister | 55 |
| 1989 film about a baby bird? | 28 |
| 1989 film "Milo & ___" | 36 |
| 1989 feel-good film | 19 |
| 1989 Fatwa target | 17 |
| 1989 Ernest Borgnine movie set in Africa | 40 |
| 1989 EPA target | 15 |
| 1989 E.P.A. target | 18 |
| 1989 Daniel Day-Lewis film | 26 |
| 1989 comedy-mystery with Tom Selleck | 36 |
| 1989 comedy that takes place at Channel 62 | 42 |
| 1989 comedy "_____ -Devil" | 36 |
| 1989 Chemistry Nobelist Sidney | 30 |
| 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 Bon Jovi #3 song | 21 |
| 1989 Bobby Brown hit | 20 |
| 1989 Bligh Reef casualty | 24 |
| 1989 big-screen mermaid | 23 |
| 1989 Bette Midler hit, aptly | 28 |
| 1989 best seller, with "The" | 38 |
| 1989 Best Picture nominee | 25 |
| 1989 Best Original Song Oscar winner | 36 |
| 1989 Best Actress | 17 |
| 1989 Beijing protest site | 25 |
| 1989 baseball movie | 19 |
| 1989 B-52's hit song Love ____ | 37 |
| 1989 B-52's hit | 19 |
| 1989 auto debut | 15 |
| 1989 AP Female Athlete of the Year | 34 |
| 1989 Annabella Sciorra film | 27 |
| 1989 Al Pacino movie | 20 |
| 1989 Al Pacino film | 19 |
| 1989 Aaron Sorkin play | 22 |
| 1989 007 film | 13 |
| 1989 "Weird Al" Yankovic movie | 40 |
| 1989 "Weird Al" Yankovic cult film | 44 |
| 1989 #2 Bobby Brown song | 24 |
| 1989 #1 hit for the Bangles | 27 |
| 1989 #1 hit for Paula Abdul | 27 |
| 1989 #1 hit for Mike + The Mechanics, with "The" | 58 |
| 1989 | 4 |
| 1988, to China | 14 |
| 1988's Best Picture Oscar winner | 36 |
| 1988's "Akira," e.g. | 34 |
| 1988 World Series MVP Hershiser | 31 |
| 1988 World Series M.V.P. Hershiser | 34 |
| 1988 World Series hero Hershiser | 32 |
| 1988 World Series hero Gibson | 29 |
| 1988 World Series champs | 24 |
| 1988 Winter Olympic Games site | 30 |
| 1988 winner of seven Olympic swimming medals | 44 |
| 1988 Wimbledon champ | 20 |
| 1988 Whitney Houston hit | 24 |
| 1988 vice-presidential candidate | 32 |
| 1988 U2 hit | 11 |
| 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 triple gold winner, familiarly | 35 |
| 1988 Tracy Chapman hit | 22 |
| 1988 Tony-winning play inspired by a Puccini work | 49 |
| 1988 Tony winner for Best Play | 30 |
| 1988 Tony winner for "Speed-the-Plow" | 47 |
| 1988 Tom Hanks film (and a link to the starts of this puzzle's other six film titles) | 89 |
| 1988 Tom Hanks film | 19 |
| 1988 Tom Hanks comedy | 21 |
| 1988 Tim Rice musical | 21 |
| 1988 thriller with Steven Seagal | 32 |
| 1988 thriller with Alan Rickman as terrorist Hans Gruber | 56 |
| 1988 tennis Grand Slam winner | 29 |
| 1988 swimming gold medalist Kristin | 35 |
| 1988 Summer Olympics site | 25 |
| 1988 Summer Olympics host | 25 |
| 1988 Summer Olympics city | 25 |
| 1988 Summer Games setting | 25 |
| 1988 Sum. Olympics host | 23 |
| 1988 skating medalist Brian | 27 |
| 1988 skating champion Elizabeth | 31 |
| 1988 site | 9 |
| 1988 Shirley MacLaine movie | 27 |
| 1988 sequel costarring George Clooney | 37 |
| 1988 self-titled platinum country album | 39 |
| 1988 self-titled C&W album | 30 |
| 1988 Sean Penn and Robert Duvall gang movie | 43 |
| 1988 Schwarzenegger film | 24 |
| 1988 Schwarzenegger cop flick | 29 |
| 1988 Schwarzenegger action flick | 32 |
| 1988 Schwarzenegger action film | 31 |
| 1988 scandal film | 17 |
| 1988 Salt-N-Pepa hit | 20 |