| VORDERMAN | Countdown's co-host from 1986 to 2008, Carol _ (9) |
| RILEY | Countdown's co-host, Rachel _ (5) |
| KATHIELEEGIFF | *"Today" co-host from 2008-2019 |
| MCLEAN | Andrea _, Loose Women co-host from Glasgow (6) |
| HONEYGHAN | Jamaican-born British boxer who was undisputed world welterweight champion from 1986 to 1987 (5,9) |
| PAULJONES | Presenter of BBC Radio 2's Blues Show from 1986 to 2018 (4,5) |
| IJAZAHMED | Cricketer who played 60 Tests and 250 One Day Internationals for Pakistan from 1986 to 2001 |
| MIKETYSON | Boxer who beat Trevor Berbick in 1986 to become WBC Heavyweight champion (4,5) |
| CAROL | ___ Vorderman, one-time Countdown co-host (5) |
| OPRAH | Host of a talk show that aired from 1986 to 2011 |
| RACHEL | Countdown co-host, _ Riley (6) |
| DENT | Susie ___, Countdown co-host (4) |
| LLOYD | Jamaican-born British boxer who was undisputed world welterweight champion from 1986 to 1987 (5,9) |
| MARIA | US journalist and author married to actor Arnold Schwarzenegger from 1986 to 2021 (5,7) |
| SHRIVER | US journalist and author married to actor Arnold Schwarzenegger from 1986 to 2021 (5,7) |
| MIR | Earth orbiter from 1986 to 2001 |
| DOUBLEDARE | Titular throwdown from 1986 to 1993 |
| TISCH | Laurence who headed CBS from 1986 to 1995 |
| CARMEL | Californian town where Clint Eastwood was mayor from 1986 to 1988 (6) |
| USX | Steel giant, from 1986 to 2001 |
