| BERLIN | Band which released the chart-topping Take My Breath Away, featured in the 1986 film Top Gun (6) |
| LIVINGINAMERICA | Song by James Brown that featured in the 1986 film Rocky IV (6,2,7) |
| LOLLIPOP | 1958 song covered by The Chordettes which featured in the 1986 movie Stand By Me (8) |
| HUMAN | The ___ League, Sheffield band which released the biggest selling UK single of 1981 (5) |
| MUSE | Band which released the album 'Black Holes and Revelations' in 2006 (4) |
| MADNESS | Band which released the song 'Baggy Trousers' in 1980 (7) |
| TERRI | Nunn who sang lead on 'Take My Breath Away' |
| ICEMAN | Nickname of the character played by Val Kilmer in 1986 film Top Gun (6) |
| TELLER | Miles, U.S. actor who played Rooster in the 2022 action film Top Gun: Maverick (6) |
| TOMCRUISE | Actor in the 1986 film Top Gun (3,6) |
| GOOSE | Character nickname of Anthony Edwards' Nick Bradshaw in the 1986 film Top Gun (5) |
| MAVERICK | Call sign of Tom Cruise's Lieutenant Pete Mitchell in the 1986 film Top Gun (8) |
| MCGILLIS | Kelly, U.S. actress who played instructor Charlie Blackwood in the 1986 film Top Gun (8) |
| NATHAN | Ex-postman behind The chart-topping sea shanty Wellerman(6,5) |
| SATANS | "___ Bed" (Pearl Jam song with the lyric "I'll wait for an angel, but I won't hold my breath") |
| TAKEMYBREATHAWAY | Song written by Giorgio Moroder and Tom Whitlock for the 1986 film Top Gun that won the Academy Award for Best Original Song |
| DANGERZONE | Song by Kenny Loggins on the soundtrack of 1986 film Top Gun (6,4) |
| GASPED | I caught my breath as little Georgia sped off (6) |
| AVIATOR | Type of sunglasses made popular by the 1986 film Top Gun (7) |
| THEWATERBOYS | Rock band formed in Edinburgh which released 'The Whole of the Moon' in 1985 (3,9) |
