| GUYBURGESS | A member of the Cambridge spy ring of the 1940s and 1950s (3,7) |
| CAIRNCROSS | Surname of the member of the Cambridge Five spy ring born in Lanarkshire (10) |
| ENIDBLYTON | During the 1940s and 1950s, which British author was responsible for inspiring countless children's interest in reading? (4,6) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| PETERHOUSE | Oldest of the Cambridge colleges (10) |
| ABBOTTANDCOSTELLO | Comic film duo of the 1940s and 1950s - C (6,3,8) |
| AVA | Ms Gardner, glamorous star of the 1940s and 1950s (3) |
| KAYE | Danny ----, Hollywood star of the 1940s and 1950s (4) |
| EALING | West London film studio famous for comedies of the 1940s and 1950s (6) |
| JIVE | Lively dance style of the 1940s and 1950s (4) |
| DIOR | Christian ___, French fashion designer of the 1940s and 1950s (4) |
| 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) |
| RITA | Actress Hayworth of the 1940s and 1950s |
| EVAPERON | First lady of the 1940s and 1950s |
| RANK | J Arthur ___, British industrialist whose companies dominated the British film industry in the 1940s and 1950s |
| 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) |
