| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
| Sun Apr 21, 2024 | 64D | "Need You Tonight" band, 1987 (5) | Michael Schlossberg |
| Tue Oct 25, 2022 | 64A | "Need You Tonight" band, 1987 (5) | Ashleigh Silveira and Nick Shephard |
| Tue Oct 6, 2020 | 29D | "Need You Tonight" band (2) | Alan Massengill and Andrea Carla Michaels |
| Fri Jun 26, 2020 | 54A | "Need You Tonight" band, 1987 (5) | Robyn Weintraub |
| Thu Nov 7, 2019 | 4D | Rock band with the 1988 #1 hit "Need You Tonight" | Joe DiPietro |
| Sun Sep 1, 2019 | 93D | Australian band with the 1988 #1 hit "Need You Tonight" | Finn Vigeland |
| Tue Jul 24, 2018 | 68A | Band with the 1988 #1 hit "Need You Tonight" (3) | Jonathan M. Kaye |
| Thu Dec 3, 2015 | 62A | "Suicide Blonde" band, 1990 (2) | Patrick Merrell |
| Thu Oct 1, 2015 | 31A | Band with the 1988 #1 hit "Need You Tonight" (3) | John Guzzetta |
| Wed Jan 14, 2015 | 33A | Band with the 1987 6x platinum album "Kick" | Caleb Emmons |
| Thu Apr 10, 2014 | 52D | "Suicide Blonde" band (2) | David Steinberg |
| Wed Oct 23, 2013 | 71A | Band with the 1987 hit "Need You Tonight" | Robyn Weintraub |
| Sat Feb 16, 2013 | 2D | "Suicide Blonde" band (2) | Michael Ashley |
| Sun Nov 13, 2011 | 100D | "New Sensation" band, 1988 | Jeremy Newton and Tony Orbach |
| Tue Jan 13, 2009 | 68A | "Need You Tonight" band, 1987 (5) | Daniel Kantor and Jay Kaskel |
| Fri Dec 26, 2008 | 23A | "Listen Like Thieves" band | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Tue Jun 19, 2007 | 58D | "Need You Tonight" band (2) | John Underwood |
| Fri Dec 22, 2006 | 10D | Band featured on the reality show "Rock Star" | Mike Nothnagel |
| Fri Jun 16, 2006 | 62A | "Suicide Blonde" band, 1990 (2) | Alan Olschwang |
| Tue Jun 13, 2006 | 14A | "Need You Tonight" group, 1987 (2) | Janet R. Bender |
| Thu May 18, 2006 | 22A | "Devil Inside" group, 1988 | Peter A. Collins |
| Sun Mar 5, 2006 | 8D | "Need You Tonight" group, 1987 (2) | Ashish Madhukar Vengsarkar |
| Wed May 18, 2005 | 60A | "Need You Tonight" band, 1987 (5) | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Mon Aug 9, 2004 | 63A | Band with the 1988 #1 hit "Need You Tonight" (3) | M. Francis Vuolo |
| Sun Apr 11, 2004 | 73A | "Suicide Blonde" rock group (2) | Patrick Merrell |
| Tue Feb 5, 2002 | 69A | 80's rock band from Australia | Alan J. Weiss |
| Sat Nov 22, 1997 | 8D | "Suicide Blonde" rock group (2) | Matt Gaffney |
| Sat Nov 1, 1997 | 34A | "Need You Tonight" rock group | Rich Norris |
| Thu Dec 22, 1994 | 2D | "New Sensation" rock group | Stanley Newman |