| GOODEN | Met who won the 1985 Cy Young Award |
| DAVIDFOSTER | Let's Talk About Love producer who won the 1985 1992 and 1994 Grammys for Producer of the Year Non-Classical: 2 wds. |
| NORTH | Andy ?, golfer who won the 1985 US Open Championship (5) |
| THORNE | Willie, snooker player who won the 1985 Mercantile Credit Classic (6) |
| LYLE | Sandy who won the 1985 British Open |
| LOGIE | Willy ....., Belgian darts player who won the 1985 Swiss Open (5) |
| SADE | Nigerian who won the 1985 Best New Artist Grammy |
| CLAUDESIMON | French novelist who won the 1985 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| FRANCISCO | Silvino ......... , snooker player who won the 1985 British Open (9) |
| DENNIS | ___ Taylor, Northern Irish former snooker player who won the 1985 World Snooker Championship (6) |
| ANIMIST | It's the man? Whom I met who believes the soul is the vital principle (7) |
| BLOODSIMPLE | The 2020 Sundance Film Festival begins on Jan. 23; this movie won the 1985 Grand Jury Prize there, launching the careers of the Coen Brothers |
| STEPHENSONDHEIM | Writer of the musical Sunday in the Park with George which won the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for Drama |
| CHEN | T.C. who almost won the 1985 U.S. Open |
| ALLEITER | 2002 Met who became the first pitcher to get a win against all 30 major-league teams |
| AMAN | "I met - - who wasn't there..." |
| KERIHULME | New Zealand author whose novel The Bone People won the 1985 Booker Prize (4,5) |
| STUDSTERKEL | US author and broadcaster whose work The Good War: An Oral History of World War II won the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction |
| BONEPEOPLE | 'The ---', novel by Keri Hulme which won the 1985 Booker Prize (4,6) |
| ORIANA | Title woman of a film that won the 1985 Camera d'Or |
