| CRABBE | Buster, actor who played Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers in movie serials of the 1930's and '40's (6) |
| BUSTERCRABBE | American actor who starred as Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers in movie serials of the 30s-40s (6,6) |
| TODD | Richard _, The Dam Busters actor (4) |
| ANSARA | Michael who played Kane on "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" |
| TYRONEPOWER | American matinee idol of the 1930s and 40s; star of movies The Mark Of Zorro and Marie Antoinette (6,5) |
| MELIA | Joe ?, actor who played Flash Harry in 1980 film comedy The Wildcats of St Trinian's (5) |
| TRIGGER | Palomino horse who co-starred with actor Roy Rogers in over eighty films in the 1930s and 40s (7) |
| SIMON | John, politician who served as foreign secretary, home secretary and chancellor of the Exchequer in the 1930s and 40s (5) |
| SEABISCUIT | A champion thoroughbred American racehorse of the 1930s and '40s; a symbol of hope during the Great Depression (10) |
| ERINGRAY | Actress who played Colonel Wilma Deering in the US TV series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century |
| GEORGEFORMBY | Banjolele-playing star of the 1930s and 40s (6,6) |
| CROONER | A male singer of sentimental love songs, especially of the 1930s and '40s (7) |
| LIONELATWILL | 1930s and '40s actor who appeared in several Frankenstein movies (6,6) |
| CROONERS | Male singers of sentimental love songs, especially of the 1930s and '40s (8) |
| BERKELEY | Busby, film director of the 1930s and '40s famed for his elaborate choreography (8) |
| OTT | Six-time N.L. home run leader in the 1930s and '40s |
| THEWALTONS | Nostalgic US TV series set in the 1930s and 40s |
| IRENEDUNNE | US actress nominated for five Oscars in the 1930s and 40s |
| BIGBANDERA | Jazzy period of the 1930s and '40s |
| CAPRA | Frank ___, late Italian/US film director famous in the 1930s and 40s (5) |