| BEBIN | Zvonimir ___, 1988-1999 FYR Yugoslavia/Croatia midfielder (5) |
| HALLE | Gunnar ___, 1988-1999 Norway, 1991-1996 Oldham Athletic, 1996-1999 Leeds United and 1999-2002 Bradford City defender (5) |
| ROSSO | Giovanni ___, 2002-2004 Croatia midfielder (5) |
| TOMABASIC | Lazio and 2020 Croatia midfielder (4,5) |
| SKOPJE | Capital of FYR Macedonia |
| IHARA | Masami , 1988-1999 Japan and 1990-1999 Yokohama F. Marinas defender (5) |
| DAVOR | 1991 Yugoslavia, 1990-2002 Croatia and 1999-2000 Arsenal striker; 1998 FIFA World Cup top scorer (5,5) |
| SUKER | 1991 Yugoslavia, 1990-2002 Croatia and 1999-2000 Arsenal striker; 1998 FIFA World Cup top scorer (5,5) |
| IGORTUDOR | Croatia defender who replaced Zvonimir Boban in the 1998 World Cup third-place match (4,5) |
| BIGBOYSDONTCRYWOLF | Advice to a budding alarmist? [1988, 1999, 1994] |
| ASHDOWN | Paddy Leader of the Liberal Democrats (1988-1999) (7) |
| NGUGI | John ___, 1988 Olympic 5,000m gold medallist (5) |
| WINDO | Tony ___, 1988-1899 Gloucester Rugby and 1999-2008 Worcester Warriors prop (5) |
| WANDA | "A Fish Called ___", 1988 film with John Cleese (5) |
| TOMBA | Alberto ___, 1988 Olympic slalom skiing gold medallist (5) |
| GROSS | Michael ___, 1988 Olympic 200m butterfly swimming gold medallist (5) |
| ERENG | Paul ___, 1988 Olympic 800m gold medallist (5) |
| MECIR | Miloslav ___, 1988 Olympic singles tennis gold medallist for Czechoslovakia (5) |
| BUBKA | Sergey ___, 1988 Olympic pole vault gold medallist (5) |
| EMPTY | Running on ___, 1988 River Phoenix drama film (5) |
