| LIPENG | Chinese prime minister, 1987-1998 (2,4) |
| ADAMI | Edoardo Fenech ___, Maltese politician; Prime Minister (1987-1996, 1998-2004) |
| ENLAI | Former Chinese prime minister Zhou ___ |
| SWAYZE | Patrick ___, male lead in 1987 film drama Dirty Dancing (6) |
| PATRIC | Jason of "The Lost Boys" (1987) |
| ISHTAR | Bomb set off in the desert in 1987? |
| TINMEN | 1987 comedy about dealers in aluminum-based products |
| PELOSI | House member from the Bay Area beginning in 1987 |
| PIQUET | Nelson, 1987 world Formula 1 motor racing champion (6) |
| WRIGHT | Successful Irish tenor who left the priesthood in 1987. (6) |
| DAVIES | Laura ___, 1987 US Women's Open Golf Championship winner (6) |
| LETHAL | ___ Weapon, 1987 thriller (6) |
| PAYOFF | 1987 novel by Stephen Leather (3,3) |
| BARFLY | 1987 Barbet Schroeder film starring Mickey Rourke based on the autobiographical writings of Charles |
| RUDOLF | Egypt-born German Nazi leader who died in 1987 (6,4) |
| HANLEY | Ellery ___, dual-code rugby player; Man of Steel award winner in 1985, 1987 and 1989 (6) |
| RIVERS | Joan ?, comedienne who voiced the character Dot Matrix in 1987 film comedy Spaceballs (6) |
| YAATNA | Shekhar Suman and Supriya Pathak's murder mystery of 1987 (6) |
| DAGLEY | Norman ?, billiards player; winner of the WPBSA World Championship in 1987 and 1988 (6) |
| BBKING | Blues singer in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since 1987 |
