| CROTHERS | Scatman, actor whose films include 1980's The Shining (8) |
| AYKROYD | His films include 1980's The Blues Brothers, Dan ------- (7) |
| FULLER | Samuel, film director whose works include 1980's The Big Red One (6) |
| ROALD | Children's author whose works include 1980's The Twits, _ Dahl (5) |
| JOHNHURT | Actor in the title role of 1980's The Elephant Man (4,4) |
| BRIANBLESSED | Actor and keen mountaineer whose films include 1980's Flash Gordon (5,7) |
| KRIS | Late singer/actor whose films include 1980's Heaven's Gate (4) |
| KRISTOFFERSON | Late singer/actor whose films include 1980's Heaven's Gate (13) |
| CHERYL | Ms. Campbell, actress whose films include 1980's McVicar (6) |
| AXE | How the Scatman Crothers character gets killed in "The Shining" |
| STRIKES | Second film in the first Star Wars trilogy, 1980s The Empire ___ Back (7) |
| NESS | Scotland-based kids' cartoon of the 1980s, The Family-_ (4) |
| ONES | Rik Mayall sitcom of the 1980s, The Young _ (4) |
| ATEAM | TV action-adventure show of the 1980s, The _-_ (1-4) |
| AFRO | A poster in Scatman Crothers's room (in Kubrick's The Shining) featured a huge one. |
| RUSSELL | Willy _, English dramatist whose works include 1980's Educating Rita (7) |
| YODA | Star Wars character, first seen in 1980's The Empire Strikes Back, whose name derives from the Sanskrit for 'warrior' (4) |
| DEE | Actor from 1980's The Empire Strikes Back, Billy --- Williams (3) |
| NES | 1980s The Legend of Zelda console (3) |
| GODS | Hit film out of Africa in the Eighties, The ... Must Be Crazy |