| DAVIDLYNCH | Director of the 1986 film noir Blue Velvet (5,5) |
| STONE | Oliver --, director of the 1986 film 'Platoon' (5) |
| TOMCRUISE | Co-star, with Paul Newman, of the 1986 film The Color of Money (3,6) |
| PAULHOGAN | Star of the 1986 film Crocodile Dundee (4,5) |
| ALAINDELON | French actor who appears on the cover of the 1986 album The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths |
| ELIEWIESEL | and 3dn, Romania-born winner of the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize |
| IANMCSHANE | Star of the 1986-94 TV series Lovejoy (3,7) |
| ROSSELLINI | Isabella ___, actress daughter of Ingrid Bergman whose films include Blue Velvet and Death Becomes Her |
| OLIVERSTONE | Winner of the Best Director Oscar for the 1986 film Platoon (6,5) |
| OBOIST | A person who plays the instrument used to perform the main theme for the 1986 film The Mission (6) |
| STANDBYME | Name the 1986 film based on the Stephen King story The Body. (5,2,2) |
| DENTIST | Steve Martin played a sadistic what in the 1986 film version of Little Shop of Horrors? (7) |
| OBOE | Gabriel's ___; main theme from the 1986 film The Mission (4) |
| GOOSE | Character nickname of Anthony Edwards' Nick Bradshaw in the 1986 film Top Gun (5) |
| MAVERICK | Call sign of Tom Cruise's Lieutenant Pete Mitchell in the 1986 film Top Gun (8) |
| BERLIN | Band which released the chart-topping Take My Breath Away, featured in the 1986 film Top Gun (6) |
| TAKEMYBREATHAWAY | Song written by Giorgio Moroder and Tom Whitlock for the 1986 film Top Gun that won the Academy Award for Best Original Song |
| BYRNE | David, musician who directed and co-wrote the 1986 film True Stories (5) |
| ELIAS | Sergeant in the 1986 film Platoon, played by Willem Dafoe (5) |
| DONOHOE | Amanda ___, Oliver Reed's co star in the 1986 film Castaway (7) |
