| POLICECAR | "54", in a series starring 59-Across |
| GHOSTBUSTERS | 1984 film co-written and co-starring 59-Across |
| ULTIMATUM | Third film in a series starring Matt Damon, The Bourne _ (9) |
| OUTS | There are 54 in a game, usually |
| BLOCKS | There are 54 in a Jenga tower |
| ROADTO | 1941 Victor Schertzinger film in a series starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope (4,2,8) |
| ROADTOUTOPIA | Alaska-set 1945 film comedy in a series starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour (4,2,6) |
| TOSINGAPORE | see 5dn, 1940 comedy film in a series starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour |
| ROAD | 1940 comedy film in a series starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour (4,2,9) |
| SINGAPORE | 1940 film, first in a series starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby (9) |
| ROADTOBALI | 1952 film in a series starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby (4,2,4) |
| THEKARATEKID | 1984 film, first in a series starring Ralph Macchio (3,6,3) |
| TOZANZIBAR | 1941 comedy film in a series starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour (4,2,8) |
| FREDGWYNNE | Actor in a '60s sitcom with "54" in the title |
| YODA | Baby ___, character from a series starring Pedro Pascal (4) |
| BOON | Bonanza, a series starring Michael Elphick and Neil Morrissey (4) |
| MADAGASCAR | Island country that defeated Namibia 57-54 in an epic World Cup qualifier in 2012 (10) |
| LIV | 54, in old Rome |
| ENLIVEN | Excite 54 in meandering Nene (7) |
| FINE | Author of Madame Doubtfire whose book Goggle-Eyes was adapted into a series starring Honeysuckle Weeks (4) |
