| OATES | Hall and - - - - -, 1980s pop duo (5) |
| WHAM | George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley's 1980s pop duo (4) |
| BROS | 1980s pop duo featuring Matt and Luke (4) |
| HUE | ___ and Cry, 1980s pop duo (3) |
| SOFTCELL | Early 1980s pop duo of Marc Almond and David Ball |
| BOTHA | PW _, Prime Minister and later President of South Africa during the late 1970s and 1980s (5) |
| KENNY | --- Dalglish, Scottish exinternational footballer who played for Celtic FC and Liverpool FC in the 1970s and 1980s (5) |
| GAMMA | Lancia model made during the 1970s and 1980s (5) |
| RIDGELEY | One of the 1980s pop duo Wham!, Andrew -------- (8) |
| REEVE | Christopher ---, actor who played Superman four times in the 1970s and 1980s (5) |
| LAUDA | Niki ---, Austrian driver who won the Formula 1 World Championship three times in the 1970s and 1980s (5) |
| EVERT | Top-ranked female tennis player for 260 weeks, winner of 18 Grand Slam singles in the 1970s and 1980s (5) |
| OMEGA | Oldsmobile model of the 1970s and 1980s |
| MINDY | Mork and ---, 1980s comedy |
| GOWEST | 1941 Marx Brothers film, or a 1980s pop duo (2,4) |
| BENJI | Name of the fictional dog featured in 1970s and 1980s movies |
| RODEO | Recreational vehicle from Renault in the Seventies and Eighties - rival to the Citroen Mehari (5) |
| RYANS | "___ Hope" (soap opera of the seventies and eighties) |
| SYNTH | Instrument often heard in 1980s pop music (5) |
| OCEAN | 1980s pop star born in Trinidad |
