| 1979 Richard Gere movie | 23 |
| 1979 Richard Gere film | 22 |
| 1979 revolution site | 20 |
| 1979 revolution locale | 22 |
| 1979 Pro Bowl MVP Ahmad | 23 |
| 1979 Pontius Pilate portrayer | 29 |
| 1979 Polanski film | 18 |
| 1979 Peter Sellers film | 23 |
| 1979 peacekeeping missionj | 26 |
| 1979 peace treaty country | 25 |
| 1979 Peace Nobelist | 19 |
| 1979 Pa. newsmaker | 18 |
| 1979 Pa. meltdown site | 22 |
| 1979 Oscar winner | 17 |
| 1979 nuclear accident site: Abbr. | 33 |
| 1979 nuclear accident site | 26 |
| 1979 novel, 1983 film and 2002-07 TV series | 43 |
| 1979 Nobel Peace Prize recipient | 32 |
| 1979 No. 1 hit for Robert John | 30 |
| 1979 Nick Nolte film | 20 |
| 1979 Newfoundland oil discovery | 31 |
| 1979 new wave classic that begins "Oh my little pretty one, pretty one" | 81 |
| 1979 negotiation | 16 |
| 1979 NBA champs | 15 |
| 1979 Nastassja Kinski title role | 32 |
| 1979 Nastassja Kinski role | 26 |
| 1979 Nastassia Kinski title role | 32 |
| 1979 N.L. Cy Young Award winner Bruce | 37 |
| 1979 N.L. co-MVP Willie | 23 |
| 1979 musical about a half-mad barber | 36 |
| 1979 Midler film | 16 |
| 1979 Middle Eastern exile | 25 |
| 1979 Middle East exile | 22 |
| 1979 Michael Caine film | 23 |
| 1979 meltdown site, briefly | 27 |
| 1979 Mel Gibson role | 20 |
| 1979 Masters play-off loser Ed | 30 |
| 1979 Masters champ Fuzzy | 24 |
| 1979 Kinski title role | 22 |
| 1979 Iranian exile | 18 |
| 1979 Hugh Leonard play | 22 |
| 1979 hostage site | 17 |
| 1979 hostage locale | 19 |
| 1979 horror movie featuring Laurence Olivier | 44 |
| 1979 Hockey Hall of Fame inductee | 33 |
| 1979 hit with the lyric "You don't have to put on the red light" | 78 |
| 1979 hit inspired by an ex-boyfriend of Debbie Harry's | 58 |
| 1979 hit for the Police | 23 |
| 1979 hit for the Doobie Brothers | 32 |
| 1979 hit for the Commodores | 27 |
| 1979 hit for Cheap Trick | 24 |
| 1979 hit by the Police | 22 |
| 1979 hit "___ Really Going Out With Him?" | 51 |
| 1979 hit "What ___ Gonna Do With My Lovin'" | 57 |
| 1979 George Hamilton film | 25 |
| 1979 Frank Zappa rock opera | 27 |
| 1979 Fleetwood Mac hit | 22 |
| 1979 Fleetwood Mac album that the USC Marching Band guested on | 62 |
| 1979 Fleetwood Mac album | 24 |
| 1979 film with the tagline "In space no one can hear you scream" | 74 |
| 1979 film with the tagline "A story of chance" | 56 |
| 1979 film with sequels II to VI | 31 |
| 1979 film with Kevin Dobson | 27 |
| 1979 film with Capt. Willard and Col. Kurtz | 43 |
| 1979 film set on the spaceship Nostromo | 39 |
| 1979 film parodied in "Spaceballs" | 44 |
| 1979 film loosely based on Janis Joplin's life | 50 |
| 1979 film directed by Mark Rydell | 33 |
| 1979 film co-starring the youngest-ever Oscar nominee | 53 |
| 1979 film based on the life of Crystal Lee Sutton | 49 |
| 1979 film adapted from an 1891 novel | 36 |
| 1979 film "Norma ___" | 31 |
| 1979 Field role | 15 |
| 1979 exiled Irani | 17 |
| 1979 exile to Saudi Arabia | 26 |
| 1979 exile | 10 |
| 1979 environmental bestseller subtitled "A new look at life on Earth" | 79 |
| 1979 Einstein Medal recipient | 29 |
| 1979 Duvall film "The Great ___" | 42 |
| 1979 Dustin Hoffman movie | 25 |
| 1979 Doobie Brothers hit | 24 |
| 1979 Donna Summer chart-topper | 30 |
| 1979 disco hit that jocularly promotes military enlistment | 58 |
| 1979 disco hit | 14 |
| 1979 disco classic | 18 |
| 1979 disaster area: Abbr. | 25 |
| 1979 comedy set at Camp North Star | 34 |
| 1979 Cheap Trick hit album | 26 |
| 1979 chart-topper by Styx | 25 |
| 1979 Caine/Ustinov film | 23 |
| 1979 Caine/Ustinov adventure flick | 34 |
| 1979 Caine-Ustinov film | 23 |
| 1979 cable debut | 16 |
| 1979 Broadway musical that celebrated old-style vaudeville | 58 |
| 1979 Broadway hit with the song "On This Night of a Thousand Stars" | 77 |
| 1979 Broadway hit set during the Industrial Revolution | 54 |
| 1979 Bond movie | 15 |
| 1979 Billy Joel single | 22 |
| 1979 Billy Joel hit | 19 |
| 1979 Bette Midler film | 22 |