| NFL team |
| 1988 Tom Hanks film |
| 1997 World Series MVP Hernandez |
| Restraining influence |
| Bisected 17th century conflict? |
| #1 song between Phil Collins's "Groovy Kind of Love" and The Escape Club's "Wild Wild West" (1988 wasn't good for music, apparently) |
| American Indian confederation, after inflation? |
| A celebrity might have an inflated one |
| Active military conflicts |
| Baby boomers' offspring, e.g. |
| Inflation subject? |
| Inflamed eye problem |
| 1981 NBA MVP |
| Device controlling inflow into a cistern |
| Unflattering nickname for a boastful corporate bigwig? |
| Aquatic dragonfly larva |
| Bladder inflammation |
| 1988 Olympic track star, informally |
| Critic's negative review of a 1988 Hanks film? |
| Sunflower seeds, botanically |
| Inflexible, as rules |
| Tampa Bay NFLers |
| An unfledged hawk |
| NFL hikers |
| An Olympics site: 1988 |
| Person in conflict with Roman Catholic dogma |
| Bayer anti-inflammatory |
| A narcissist might have an overly inflated one |
| Advocacy gp. for boomers |
| Any member of the NFL's Fearsome Foursome |