| ANGELADAVIS | Communist Party V.P. candidate in 1980 and 1984 |
| DALEYTHOMPSON | Olympic decathlete, gold medal winner in 1980 and 1984 (5,8) |
| SEBASTIANCOE | 1500m gold medallist at the Olympics in 1980 and 1984 (9,3) |
| TIM | V.P. candidate name in '16 and '24 |
| ALLSTAR | Likely M.V.P. candidate |
| MODERNGIRL | Title shared by singles by Sheena Easton in 1980 and Meat Loaf in 1984 |
| LEN | Pitcher Barker who led the American League in strikeouts in 1980 and 1981 |
| AIRPLANE | American spoof disaster film released in 1980 and starring Robert Hays and Leslie Nielsen, --------! (8) |
| THEPOLICE | Winner of back-to-back Best Rock Instrumental Grammys in 1980 and 1981 |
| SEAPIGEON | Horse that won the Champion Hurdle in 1980 and 1981 |
| DOLE | Robert, US Republican senator who sought nomination for the presidency in 1980 and 1988 (4) |
| LOGAN | Johnny, professional name of the Irish singer who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1980 and 1987 (5) |
| PETERMCNAMARA | Late tennis player who partnered Paul McNamee to Wimbledon Men's Doubles titles in 1980 and 1982 (5,8) |
| HANAMANDLIKOVA | Czech-born tennis player who won four Grand Slam singles titles including the Australian Open in 1980 and 1987 |
| NEIL | And 32 British judoka who won silver medals at the 1980 and 1984 Olympic Games (4,5) |
| COE | British middledistance runner who won the gold in the 1,500 m event at the 1980 and 1984 Olympic Games. (3) |
| STEVENS | Kirk ___, Canadian snooker player; 1980 and 1984 world championship semi-finalist (7) |
| ADAMS | Neil ?, GB judoka; 1980 and 1984 Olympic silver medallist (5) |
| RAFER | The 1980 and 1984 Olympic decathlon champion (5,8) (see 58A) |
| THOMPSON | The 1980 and 1984 Olympic decathlon champion (5,8) (see 48A) |
