| MEMPHISBELLE | Nickname of a Boeing B17-F Flying Fortress bomber which was the subject of a 1990 film (7,5) |
| CLANG | Like noise of a Boeing wasting energy? (5) |
| ANTS | Creatures that were the subject of a 1990 Pulitzer Prize-winning book by EO Wilson and Bert Holldobler |
| ODER | River subject of a 1990 German/Polish treaty |
| KALAMAZOO | Michigan city which was the subject of a 1942 Glenn Miller song (9) |
| STAIRWAYTO | Classic song by Led Zeppelin which was the subject of unsuccessful copyright infringement action in 2016 (8,2,6) |
| HEAVEN | Classic song by Led Zeppelin which was the subject of unsuccessful copyright infringement action in 2016 (8,2,6) |
| PERGAU | Malaysian dam which was the subject of controversy in 1994 (6) |
| HENRYANDJUNE | 1986 book, derived from material from the unpublished diaries of Anais Nin, on which a 1990 film was |
| ARACHNOPHOBIA | This abnormal fear of spiders is also the name of a 1990 film about a small Californian town being invaded by a deadly species from Venezuela |
| MYBLUEHEAVEN | 1928 #1 song heard in a 1990 Steve Martin film of the same name |
| PRESUMED | TV remake, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, of a 1990 film which starred Harrison Ford (8,8) |
| INNOCENT | TV remake, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, of a 1990 film which starred Harrison Ford (8,8) |
| ONAWIRE | Site of a 1990 film "Bird" |
| GHOST | A spectre or spirit; a person's soul; semblance; a faint trace, glimmer or vestige; or, a 1990 film featuring the song Unchained Melody (5) |
| COPPOLA | Sofia who played the romantic interest of her paternal cousin in a 1990 film directed by her father |
| OCTOBER | Red ____ is a Soviet submarine in a novel and a 1990 film (7) |
| ITPROFESSIONAL | One working on the set of a 1990 horror miniseries? |
| GOODFELLAS | A 1990 film for which Joe Pesci won Best Supporting Actor Oscar (10) |
| TOMORROW | TUNE IN ___..., SOAP ADVICE OR A 1990 FILM ABOUT A RADIO SOAP |