| 1978 film: ____ Americam Hero | 32 |
| 1978 film that takes place in a Turkish prison | 46 |
| 1978 film sleeper? | 18 |
| 1978 film directed by Michael Crichton | 38 |
| 1978 film based on a Harold Robbins novel | 41 |
| 1978 Faye Dunaway flick | 23 |
| 1978 Faye Dunaway film | 22 |
| 1978 Egyptian Peace Nobelist | 28 |
| 1978 disco hit featuring the warning "Don't fall in love" | 71 |
| 1978 disco hit | 14 |
| 1978 disaster film, with "The" | 40 |
| 1978 Diana Ross musical, with "The" | 45 |
| 1978 Devo album cover query "___ We Not Men?" | 55 |
| 1978 debut solo album by Rick James | 35 |
| 1978 Daniel Patrick Moynihan memoir | 35 |
| 1978 cult film with a mutant child | 34 |
| 1978 cult film directed by David Lynch | 38 |
| 1978 cult film by David Lynch | 29 |
| 1978 Cooperstown inductee | 25 |
| 1978 Commodores hit | 19 |
| 1978 comedy set at Faber College (whose motto is "Knowledge is good") | 79 |
| 1978 co-Nobelist from Egypt | 27 |
| 1978 co-Nobelist | 16 |
| 1978 Cheech and Chong film | 26 |
| 1978 Cheech & Chong movie | 29 |
| 1978 Cheap Trick hit | 20 |
| 1978 Camp David visitor | 23 |
| 1978 Camp David guest | 21 |
| 1978 Camp David events | 22 |
| 1978 Burt Reynolds film | 23 |
| 1978 Bujold film | 16 |
| 1978 Broadway show with Gregory Hines | 37 |
| 1978 Broadway revue that opens with "Hot August Night" | 64 |
| 1978 Broadway revue | 19 |
| 1978 Broadway musical | 21 |
| 1978 Booker Prize recipient Murdoch | 35 |
| 1978 Bob Marley hit whose title words are sung four times before "... that I'm feelin'" | 105 |
| 1978 Bob Fosse show | 19 |
| 1978 Bob Fosse musical | 22 |
| 1978 Bob Fosse Broadway revue | 29 |
| 1978 blockbuster movie co-written by Mario Puzo | 47 |
| 1978 biopic about DJ Alan Freed | 31 |
| 1978 Billy Joel hit that gave its name to a 2002 Broadway musical | 65 |
| 1978 Best Picture (with "The") | 40 |
| 1978 Best Picture (with ''The'') | 48 |
| 1978 Barry Manilow hit | 22 |
| 1978 Andy Gibb hit (with "An") | 40 |
| 1978 Andy Gibb hit | 18 |
| 1978 and 1986 World Cup winner: Abbr. | 37 |
| 1978 and 1986 World Cup winner | 30 |
| 1978 affirmative-action case figure | 35 |
| 1978 #1 hit for the Commodores (and this puzzle's title) | 60 |
| 1978 #1 hit for the Commodores | 30 |
| 1978 #1 hit for Anne Murray | 27 |
| 1978 #1 Donna Summer hit that covered a 1968 #2 hit by Richard Harris | 69 |
| 1977's "#1 thriller of the year" | 46 |
| 1977's Exorcist II: ____ | 31 |
| 1977 Wimbledon winner | 21 |
| 1977 Wimbledon champ | 20 |
| 1977 whale of a tale | 20 |
| 1977 Warhol subject | 19 |
| 1977 W.W. II film ["Get lost!] | 35 |
| 1977 video gaming debut | 23 |
| 1977 US Open tennis champ | 25 |
| 1977 U.S. Open winner | 21 |
| 1977 U.S. Open champion Guillermo | 33 |
| 1977 U.S. Open champ | 20 |
| 1977 Turow book | 15 |
| 1977 triple platinum Kiss album | 31 |
| 1977 Triple Crown winner | 24 |
| 1977 Triple Crown champion Seattle ___ | 38 |
| 1977 top-selling Steely Dan album | 33 |
| 1977 Top Ten hit for Linda Ronstadt | 35 |
| 1977 Tony-winning musical | 25 |
| 1977 Tony winner for Best Musical | 33 |
| 1977 Tony winner | 16 |
| 1977 Tony nominee Andrea for the title role in "Annie" | 64 |
| 1977 Toni Morrison novel | 24 |
| 1977 Tommy Lee Jones movie | 26 |
| 1977 Time Man of the Year | 25 |
| 1977 thriller set at sea | 24 |
| 1977 thriller set at Boston Memorial Hospital | 45 |
| 1977 thriller co-starring Bo Derek | 34 |
| 1977 thriller about a killer sedan | 34 |
| 1977 Streisand hit | 18 |
| 1977 Steely Dan title track | 27 |
| 1977 Steely Dan album that spent 52 weeks in the top 40 | 55 |
| 1977 Steely Dan album | 21 |
| 1977 Special Citation Pulitzer winner | 37 |
| 1977 single by Buzzcocks best enjoyed alone? | 44 |
| 1977 silver screen royal | 24 |
| 1977 silver screen princess | 27 |
| 1977 Sex Pistols song ... or their first record label | 53 |
| 1977 Scott Turow book | 21 |
| 1977 sci-fi classic | 19 |
| 1977 Rose Royce hit | 19 |
| 1977 role for Harrison | 22 |
| 1977 role for George Burns | 26 |
| 1977 role for Carrie | 20 |
| 1977 Richard Burton film | 24 |