| 1980 Michael Jackson hit | 24 |
| 1980 Maxwell Smart film, with "The" | 45 |
| 1980 Leslie Nielsen film title! | 31 |
| 1980 Laura Ingalls Wilder Award recipient | 41 |
| 1980 Kurt Russell film | 22 |
| 1980 Kool & the Gang hit | 28 |
| 1980 Kenny Rogers hit | 21 |
| 1980 John Lennon/Yoko Ono album | 31 |
| 1980 John Carpenter horror film | 31 |
| 1980 John Carpenter film | 24 |
| 1980 John Carpenter chiller | 27 |
| 1980 John Belushi role | 22 |
| 1980 J. Geils Band hit | 22 |
| 1980 Irene Cara film | 20 |
| 1980 in-flight movie? | 21 |
| 1980 horror film set at the Overlook Hotel | 42 |
| 1980 hit with the lyric "It took a long time to know him" | 67 |
| 1980 hit with the line "I longed to speak but did not dare" | 69 |
| 1980 hit for Olivia Newton-John | 31 |
| 1980 hit by The Vapors best enjoyed alone? | 42 |
| 1980 hit by ELO | 15 |
| 1980 Hall of Great Western Performers inductee | 46 |
| 1980 Hall of Famer | 18 |
| 1980 Gérard Depardieu movie | 30 |
| 1980 Gérard Depardieu film | 29 |
| 1980 funk album from Slave with the hits "Watching You" and "Snap Shot" | 91 |
| 1980 film from David Lynch | 26 |
| 1980 film based on a Clive Cussler best seller | 46 |
| 1980 film | 9 |
| 1980 fadmaker | 13 |
| 1980 erupter | 12 |
| 1980 Erich Segal novel | 22 |
| 1980 embargo target | 19 |
| 1980 Economics Nobelist Lawrence | 32 |
| 1980 Eastwood movie | 19 |
| 1980 double album by Springsteen | 32 |
| 1980 Dom DeLuise movie | 22 |
| 1980 Dom DeLuise film | 21 |
| 1980 Disney comedy about an all-night puzzle-solving race | 57 |
| 1980 Diana Ross hit | 19 |
| 1980 DeLuise title role | 23 |
| 1980 DeLuise flick | 18 |
| 1980 DeLuise film | 17 |
| 1980 De Niro film about a boxer | 31 |
| 1980 David Bowie single | 23 |
| 1980 comedy that "makes 'Meatballs' seem like 'Hamlet,'" according to Leonard Maltin | 110 |
| 1980 comedy directed by Sidney Poitier | 38 |
| 1980 combatant | 14 |
| 1980 Chrysler debut | 19 |
| 1980 Christopher Cross hit | 26 |
| 1980 Chevy Chase comedy | 23 |
| 1980 Carly Simon hit | 20 |
| 1980 Brooke Shields movie | 25 |
| 1980 Boston Marathon cheater Rosie | 34 |
| 1980 Boston Marathon "winner" Rosie | 45 |
| 1980 Bob Seger hit | 18 |
| 1980 biopic about boxer Jake La Motta | 37 |
| 1980 Bette Midler hit | 21 |
| 1980 Best Picture nominee, with "The" | 47 |
| 1980 Best Picture nominee | 25 |
| 1980 Best Actor winner | 22 |
| 1980 Andrzej Wajda film in which Lech Walesa appears | 52 |
| 1980 album with the hit "You Shook Me All Night Long" | 63 |
| 1980 A.L. M.V.P. | 16 |
| 1980 #1 hit for Kenny Rogers | 28 |
| 1980 DeLuise movie | 19 |
| 1980 | 4 |
| 198 inches | 10 |
| 1979-81 hostage situation | 25 |
| 1979-81 hostage site | 20 |
| 1979-'81 trucker-with-chimp TV comedy | 41 |
| 1979 World Series champs | 24 |
| 1979 Woody Allen movie | 22 |
| 1979 Wimbledon runner-up to Björn Borg | 41 |
| 1979 Weaver film | 16 |
| 1979 Village People hit | 23 |
| 1979 Vanessa Redgrave title role | 32 |
| 1979 Vanessa Redgrave movie about a mystery writer | 50 |
| 1979 Vanessa Redgrave film | 26 |
| 1979 treaty peninsula | 21 |
| 1979 Tony winner for "Whose Life Is It Anyway?" | 57 |
| 1979 Telenet acquirer | 21 |
| 1979 song by Robert John | 24 |
| 1979 Sister Sledge hit | 22 |
| 1979 Sigourney Weaver thriller | 30 |
| 1979 Sigourney Weaver film | 26 |
| 1979 self-titled pop album | 26 |
| 1979 sci-fi-horror film | 23 |
| 1979 sci-fi thriller | 20 |
| 1979 sci-fi hit | 15 |
| 1979 sci-fi film with a gut-busting scene? | 42 |
| 1979 sci-fi classic | 19 |
| 1979 sci-fi blockbuster | 23 |
| 1979 Sally Field classic | 24 |
| 1979 Roy Scheider movie | 23 |
| 1979 Ron Leibman series | 23 |
| 1979 Roman Polanski movie | 25 |
| 1979 Roman Polanski film | 24 |
| 1979 Robert Duvall title role | 29 |
| 1979 Ridley Scott thriller | 26 |