| BIRTHDAYPARTY | 'The ______': 1957 play by 11 across, 2 down (8,5) |
| ROOM | The ___, 1957 play by Harold Pinter first published in 1960 (4) |
| CARETAKER | 'The _____': 1959 play by 11 across, 2 down (9) |
| BETRAYAL | 1978 play by 11 across, 2 down (8) |
| BILLY | (and 25 across) 1959 novel by 11 across, 2 down (5) |
| ELLINGHAM | Surname of the titular character played by 11 across, 2 down in 19 across (9) (9) |
| ENTERTAINER | 'The ---', 1957 play by John Osborne (11) |
| BIRTHDAY | The - Party; 1957 play by dramatist Harold Pinter (8) |
| HOSTAGE | 'The -', 1957 play by Brendan Behan (7) |
| THEROOM | 1957 play by Harold Pinter first published in 1960 (3,4) |
| ENDGAME | 1957 play by Samuel Beckett originally written in French as Fin de partie (7) |
| THEKITCHEN | 1957 play by Amold Wesker which is his most performed work (3,7) |
| NAKEDSUN | The ___ 1957 sci fi novel by Isaac Asimov that was adapted into an episode of the TV series Out of the Unknown: 2 wds. |
| ROOSTER | Year of the ___ (1957, 1969 and 1993, in the Chinese calendar) |
| COMFORTERS | The ___, 1957 novel by Muriel Spark (10) |
| SANDCASTLE | The ___, 1957 novel by Iris Murdoch (10) |
| BRIDGEONTHE | ?The ___", 1957 Best Picture Oscar-winner (6,2,3,5,4) |
| SHOWGIRL | The Prince And The _, 1957 film starring Marilyn Monroe and Laurence Olivier (8) |
| UNTOUCHABLES | The ___, 1957 autobiography by Eliot Ness |
| DAY | "That'll Be the ___" (1957 Buddy Holly hit) |
