| CHEMNITZ | City in Saxony, Germany, known from 1953 to 1990 as Karl-Marx-Stadt |
| KATOWICE | City of Upper Silesia, known from 1953 to 1956 as Stalinogrod (8) |
| TOPPER | Comic published by D C Thomson from 1953 to 1990, when it merged with The Beezer |
| LEIPZIG | Largest city in Saxony, Germany whose university was founded in 1409 (7) |
| ZWICKAU | City in Saxony, Germany, at the foot of the Ore Mountains (7) |
| UHLIG | Frank ..... , 1980 East Germany and 1975-85 Karl-Marx-Stadt defender (5) |
| VOGEL | Eberhard ....., 1962-76 East Germany, 1961-70 FC Karl- Marx-Stadt and 1970-82 Carl Zeiss Jena striker; 1981 European Cup Winners' Cup Final runner-up (5) |
| DARMSTADT | Industrial city in Hesse, Central Germany, known as the City of Science (9) |
| GENEVA | The United Nations, with its headquarters in this Swiss city, is celebrating the centenary of the birth of Dag Hammarskjold, its Secretary-General from 1953 to his death in 1961 |
| CAROLEKING | As part of a songwriting duo in 1990; as a solo artist in 2021 |
| WIESBADEN | State capital of Hesse in southern Germany, known in Roman times as Aquae Mattiacorum (9) |
| HEIDELBERG | City in south-west Germany known for its university, founded in 1386 (10) |
| CLARENCE | ____ House, residence in London of the Queen Mother from 1953 to 2002 (8) |
| MEISSEN | Town in Saxony, Germany, on the River Elbe famous for its porcelain |
| LOPEZ | "Doubt is a killer. You just have to know who you are and what you stand for." She began her TV career in 1990 as a Fly Girl on In Living Color, and she performed at the 2021 inauguration of U.S. Pres |
| BRYN | Welsh baritone who made his operatic debut in 1990 as Guglielmo in Cosi Fan Tutte, ... Terfel |
| DRESDEN | Needs to be treated by doctor in a city in Saxony (7) |
| APPIA | Lancia's small car rival to Fiat's 1100/1200 and Alfa Romeo's Giulietta, with over 98,000 built from 1953 to 1963 (5) |
| CAPITOL | On which record label did Frank Sinatra record from 1953 to 1962? (7) |
| TITO | Who was President of Yugoslavia from 1953 to 1980? (4) |
