| MCGILLIS | Kelly, U.S. actress who played instructor Charlie Blackwood in the 1986 film Top Gun (8) |
| KELLY | ___ McGillis actress who played Charlotte Charlie Blackwood in Top Gun |
| MAVERICK | Call sign of Tom Cruise's Lieutenant Pete Mitchell in the 1986 film Top Gun (8) |
| EDHARRIS | Actor who played Rear Admiral Hammer Cain in the 2022 film Top Gun: Maverick (2,6) |
| BERLIN | Band which released the chart-topping Take My Breath Away, featured in the 1986 film Top Gun (6) |
| GOOSE | Character nickname of Anthony Edwards' Nick Bradshaw in the 1986 film Top Gun (5) |
| TOMCRUISE | Actor in the 1986 film Top Gun (3,6) |
| TAKEMYBREATHAWAY | Song written by Giorgio Moroder and Tom Whitlock for the 1986 film Top Gun that won the Academy Award for Best Original Song |
| AVIATOR | Type of sunglasses made popular by the 1986 film Top Gun (7) |
| TELLER | Miles, U.S. actor who played Rooster in the 2022 action film Top Gun: Maverick (6) |
| DANGERZONE | Song by Kenny Loggins on the soundtrack of 1986 film Top Gun (6,4) |
| MENSCLUB | The -, 1986 film drama starring David Dukes and Richard Jordan |
| PICKINGS | On film, top people pilfered items |
| ICEMAN | Nickname of t he character played by Val Kilmer in the film 'Top Gun' (1986) (6) |
| GRIMSHAW | Victorian painter with a nominal affinity to Blackwood (8) |
| COX | Brian, actor who played Hannibal Lecter in the 1986 film Manhunter (3) |
| DONOHOE | Amanda ___, Oliver Reed's co star in the 1986 film Castaway (7) |
| DENTIST | Steve Martin played a sadistic what in the 1986 film version of Little Shop of Horrors? (7) |
| ELIAS | Sergeant in the 1986 film Platoon, played by Willem Dafoe (5) |
| LIVINGINAMERICA | Song by James Brown that featured in the 1986 film Rocky IV (6,2,7) |
