| TOBEORNOTTOBE | 1942 film with Jack Benny remade in 1983 with Mel Brooks (2,2,2,3,2,2) |
| YOUNGFRANKENSTEIN | Gene Wilder played the lead role and co-wrote the script with Mel Brooks in this comedy horror film (5,12) |
| THUNDERBALL | 1965 James Bond film remade in 1983 as Never Say Never Again |
| EDUCATINGRITA | Play by Willy Russell filmed in 1983 with Julie Walters in the title role (9,4) |
| SPANDAUBALLET | Group who topped the UK singles chart in 1983 with True |
| SOMELIKEITHOT | Film with Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis in drag (4,4,2,3) |
| LESMISERABLES | Novel sales rise with Mel B book (3,10) |
| THESPICEGIRLS | British pop group with Mel B and C |
| OUTSIDERS | The ---, S.E. Hinton's 1967 novel filmed in 1983 with many Brat Pack actors (9) |
| THEPAN | Group who scored a top ten hit in 1983 with Waiting For A Train (3,3) |
| FLASHAND | Group who scored a top ten hit in 1983 with Waiting For A Train (5,3) |
| BANANARAMA | They hit #1 in 1983 with "Cruel Summer" |
| RITZ | Taco reached No. 4 on the Billboard charts in 1983 with "Puttin' on the ___" |
| ZZTOP | Which US rock band had a hit in 1983 with Gimme All Your Lovin'? (1,1,3) |
| CLOCK | Fantasy film with Jack Black and Cate Blanchett, The House with a ___ in Its Walls (5) |
| PRIZZISHONOR | 1985 film with Jack Nicholson as a Mafia enforcer in love with another assassin: 2 wds. |
| BAMBI | Hit 1942 film with the song "Love Is a Song" |
| NOWVOYAGER | 1942 film with a title taken from Walt Whitman |
| CASABLANCA | *1942 film with the line "What makes saloonkeepers so snobbish?" |
| CHINATOWN | 1974 film with Jack Nicholson as a detective uncovering corruption in the Los Angeles water department |
