| REYKJAVIK | Site of the 1986 Reagan-Gorbachev summit (9) |
| TOMCRUISE | Co-star, with Paul Newman, of the 1986 film The Color of Money (3,6) |
| PENNYWISE | 'Dancing Clown' manifested by the titular antagonist of the 1986 Stephen King novel It (9) |
| NAVIGATOR | Flight Of The - - -, 1986 action-adventure film with Sarah Jessica Parker (9) |
| DIANAROSS | US female singer of the 1986 chart-topper Chain Reaction (5,4) |
| PAULHOGAN | Star of the 1986 film Crocodile Dundee (4,5) |
| CHERNENKO | Konstantin ___, president of the USSR succeeded by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985 (9) |
| ALAINDELON | French actor who appears on the cover of the 1986 album The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths |
| BIRTHMARK | Prominent Gorbachev feature |
| ANTHEM | Patriotic closing song of Act 1 of the 1986 musical Chess, sung by Anatoly Sergievsky (The Russian) (6) |
| OBOE | "Gabriel's ___" (Ennio Morricone song that was the main theme of the 1986 film "The Mission") |
| BILL | Buckner, the goat of the 1986 World Series |
| DEBURGH | Singer of the 1986 hit The Lady in Red, Chris -- ----- (2,5) |
| NOBBS | David, author of the 1986 novel A Bit of a Do (5) |
| HOJO | He was on deck when Mookie hit the ball through Bill Buckner's legs to win Game 6 of the 1986 World |
| GROOM | Winston ___ author of the 1986 novel on which the movie Forrest Gump is based |
| CRU | Hero of the 1986 BMX movie "Rad" |
| TIM | Teufel of the 1986 Mets |
| BOBTWAY | Winner of the 1986 PGA Championship |
| TWAY | Bob ___, winner of the 1986 US PGA Championship (4) |
