| XIX | The 1985 Super Bowl |
| DANMARINO | Quarterback who led the Dolphins to the 1985 Super Bowl in his second year in the NFL: 2 wds. |
| BRUCEMILLER | Creator of the Hulu TV series The Handmaid's Tale based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Margaret Atwood: 2 wds. |
| 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 |
| DEREGULATION | The privatisation of the bus industry following the 1985 Transport Act |
| FORAFRICA | Released to help fund the fight against famine and disease, the 1985 hit We Are The World was recorded by United Support Of Artists ... (3,6) |
| THEPOWEROFLOVE | Song by Huey Lewis and The News that featured in the 1985 film Back To The Future (3,5,2,4) |
| STEPHENSONDHEIM | Writer of the musical Sunday in the Park with George which won the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for Drama |
| HUEY | _ Lewis and the News, US group behind the 1985 single The Power of Love (4) |
| SADE | Singer of the 1985 hit "The Sweetest Taboo" |
| ROWE | Dramatist whose works include Tamerlane, Lady Jane Grey and The Fair Penitent; or, an actor who starred in the 1985 film Young Sherlock Holmes (4) |
| HULME | Keri ?, author of 1984 novel The Bone People, the 1985 Booker Prize winner (5) |
| GOWER | David - - -, captain of the England cricket team during the 1985 Ashes series (5) |
| PUTNAM | Mrs. ___ at the Planetarium (Janice Kulyk Keefer short story, winner of the 1985 CBC Literary Prize) |
| TEEN | ___ Wolf supernatural drama TV series based on the 1985 film of the same name about a youngster who is bitten by a werewolf |
| KERIHULME | New Zealand author whose novel The Bone People won the 1985 Booker Prize (4,5) |
| WESTLAND | Helicopter company at the centre of the 1985 argument between Michael Heseltine and Margaret Thatcher (8) |
| GELDOF | Surname of the Irish coorganiser of the 1985 Live Aid concert (6) |
| DAVIDFOSTER | Let's Talk About Love producer who won the 1985 1992 and 1994 Grammys for Producer of the Year Non-Classical: 2 wds. |
| 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 |
