| KINGSLEYAMIS | Author of the 1954 campus novel Lucky Jim |
| AMIS | Kingsley, author of the novel Lucky Jim (4) |
| NIN | Anais, author of the 1954 novel A Spy In The House Of Love (3) |
| LUCKY | - Jim; Kingsley Amis campus novel (5) |
| MOOU | Setting of a satirical campus novel by Jane Smiley |
| JIMSONWEED | In novel, lucky chap's addicted to marijuana? It's poisonous! |
| HIAASEN | Carl ___, US author of the novels Lucky You and Sick Puppy (7) |
| CARL | US author of the novels Lucky You and Sick Puppy (4,7) |
| ALASTAIRSIM | Scottish actor, star of the 1954 film The Belles of St Trinian's |
| ROETHKE | Theodore -; recipient of the 1954 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for his volume of verse The Waking (7) |
| INCOLOR | Like the telecast of the 1954 Rose Bowl parade, notably |
| ELIAKAZAN | Director of the 1954 film On The Waterfront (4,5) |
| AARONCOPLAND | Composer of the 1954 opera The Tender Land (5,7) |
| TCM | Network that fills in the blanks of the 1954 film "Whi_e _hrist_as" |
| SLADE | Julian ___, composer of the 1954 musical Salad Days (5) |
| KIMNOVAK | Blonde US star of the 1954 film Pushover (3,5) |
| SAMSNEAD | "Slammin'" winner of the 1954 Masters Tournament |
| POLIO | Subject of the 1954 Nobel Prize in Medicine |
| GRACE | ___ Kelly, star of the 1954 film Rear Window (5) |
| PAULING | Linus ___, winner of the 1954 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and 1962 Nobel Peace Prize (7) |
