| CREST | Falcon ___, 1980s TV soap |
| SONS | 1980s TV soap, - and Daughters (4) |
| TEAM | "The A-___" (1980s TV show) |
| ELSEWHERE | St. ___ (1980s TV drama) (9) |
| HIRE | Spenser: For ___ (1980s TV series) |
| MINISTER | Yes ___, 1980s TV series (8) |
| CLUE | Give Us a ___, 1980s TV game show (4) |
| MOON | Shine On Harvey ___, 1980s TV series (4) |
| ALLIE | "Kate & ___" (1980s TV show) |
| STEELE | Remington ___ (1980s TV series) |
| RAT | Roland ___, 1980s TV puppet (3) |
| SIS | "Pretty sneaky, ___" (1980s TV ad line) |
| VICE | Miami ___, 1980s TV series (4) |
| BRAVO | Juliet ___, 1980s TV police procedural drama series (5) |
| STORIES | "Amazing ___" (1980s TV show executive produced by Steven Spielberg and rebooted in 2020) |
| CLUB | The Wide Awake ___, 1980s TV show with Timmy Mallett (4) |
| MAKEPEACE | Dempsey and ___, 1980s television series (9) |
| SCOTT | Robert Falcon _, explorer (5) |
| SAM | Dashiell Hammett's fictional detective in The Maltese Falcon, ___ Spade |
| WROTE | Murder, She ___, 1980s/90s TV series |
