| GUYBURGESS | A member of the Cambridge spy ring of the 1940s and '50s (3,7) |
| CAIRNCROSS | Surname of the member of the Cambridge Five spy ring born in Lanarkshire (10) |
| SPIKEJONES | US bandleader of the 1940s and 50s, whose name sounds like a director * (10) |
| PHILBY | British intelligence officer and double agent who was a member of the Cambridge Five spy ring (6) |
| JIVERS | Performers of a lively dance of the 1940s and 50s |
| PETERHOUSE | Oldest of the Cambridge colleges (10) |
| PORTLAND | Oregon city, noted as a centre for organised crime in the 1940s and '50s and of counterculture in the 1960s and '70s (8) |
| DONALD | Member of the Cambridge Five spy ring who died in 1983 (6,7) |
| MACLEAN | Member of the Cambridge Five spy ring who died in 1983 (7) |
| JIVE | Lively dance of the 1940s and '50s |
| ENIDBLYTON | During the 1940s and 1950s, which British author was responsible for inspiring countless children's interest in reading? (4,6) |
| FORSTER | Author of novels including A Room with a View, Howards End and A Passage to India who was a member of a secret society known as the Cambridge Apostles (7) |
| THEALBERTHALL | With a similar name to London's iconic venue, this was the main place for entertainment in Australia's capital city in the 1940s and 50s (3,6,4) |
| NEALE | Surname of the founder of the Cambridge Camden Society and author of many well-known hymns, including Jerusalem The Golden (5) |
| NIVEN | David -----, suave British actor in Hollywood in the 1940s and 50s (5) |
| HOGAN | Ben _, American golfer who won nine majors in the 1940s and '50s (5) |
| APOSTLES | Some of the 'Cambridge spies' were members of the university's secret society, formed in 1820 (with 12 members), The ___ (8) |
| SARAHVAUGHAN | Jazz singer of the 1940s and 1950s nicknamed "The Divine One": 2 wds. |
| NOIR | Film ---, cinematic genre of stylish Hollywood crime dramas, especially of the 1940s and 1950s (4) |
| DIMAGGIO | 1940s and 50s New York Yankees fielder and member of baseball's Hall of Fame, Joe ... (2,6) |
