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- Song that was a #1 hit for Bill Withers in 1972 and for Club Nouveau in 1987: 3 wds
 - Morgan Freeman film of '89
 - Morgan Freeman film
 - Bill Withers' hit
 - Bill Withers' biggest hit
 - 1989 Morgan Freeman movie
 - 1987 Club Nouveau #1 hit
 - 1972 hit covered by Thelma Houston and the Winans in the soundtrack to a 1989 film of the same name
 - 1972 #1 hit, and what can be found nine times in this grid
 - 1972 #1 hit with the lyric "Please swallow your pride / If I have things you need to borrow"
 - 1972 #1 hit whose title is sung before "when you're not strong"
 - #1 tune of 1972 and 1987
 
- 1989 feel-good film
 - 1989 film set at Eastside High
 - 1972 #1 hit with the lyric "I'm right up the road / I'll share your load"
 - 1989 high-school film based on a song title
 - 1989 film set in an inner-city high school
 - 1989 movie featuring principal Joe Clark
 - 1972 Bill Withers hit whose title precedes "when you're not strong"
 - #1 hit for Bill Withers (1972) and Club Nouveau (1987)
 - 1972 Bill Withers hit
 - Bill Withers hit
 - 1989 Morgan Freeman film