| MOZAMBIQUE | As of 1990, the world's poorest country |
| QUICKCHANGE | Crime film of 1990, the only movie directed to date by the actor Bill Murray (5,6) |
| HEIGHT | Automatic ride _ adjustment, a standard offering on Bentley's Eight as of 1990 (6) |
| FOREIGNAID | If ignored, a disaster for the world's poorest (7,3) |
| YEMEN | Poorest country in the Middle East |
| SULTANOFSQUAT | World's poorest, least powerful ruler? |
| ELEPHANT | In 1990, the remains of a Steppe Mammoth, Mammuthus Trogontherii, the largest species of ... ever to have lived, were discovered at West Runton (8) |
| MERMAID | Disney animation from 1990, The Little ------- (7) |
| MICHAELIRONSIDE | Toronto-born actor whose credits include "Total Recall" (1990), "The Perfect Storm" (2000) and canad |
| SEATTLEMARINERS | Ken Griffey Jr. hit a home run for this team on Sept. 14, 1990; the previous batter, Ken Griffey Sr., had also just hit one |
| PINKFLOYD | Band that fittingly played its album "The Wall" at the former site of the Berlin Wall in the summer of 1990 |
| REVERSAL | "___ of Fortune" (Irons-Close film of 1990) |
| HOMEALONE | The most successful film of 1990 |
| REUNE | Gather, like the Class of 1990 |
| JEREMYFES | Best Actor of 1990 who later supplied a voice for "The Lion King" |
| WHOOPIAUBERG | Best Supporting Actress of 1990 who later supplied a voice for "The Lion King" |
| LAMBADA | "Forbidden dance" of 1990 |
| DANCES | "___ With Wolves" (Best Picture of 1990) |
| ESCAPADE | #1 hit of 1990 for Janet Jackson |
| ICEICEBABY | #1 rap hit of 1990 |
