| ARLENE | Dahl of 1954's "Bengal Brigade" |
| LANCASTER | Screen legend and star of 1954's From Here to Eternity, Burt --------- (9) |
| HITCHCOCK | Alfred ---------, director of 1954's Rear Window and 1960's Psycho (9) |
| ROALD | Dahl of kids' books |
| GOLDING | William ___, English author of novels including 1954's Lord of the Flies (7) |
| PHU | 1954's Battle of Dien Bien ___ |
| SIM | 1954's "The Belles of St Trinians" star |
| KAIJU | Genre of Japanese monster films ('strange beast') that began with 1954's Gojira (Godzilla) (5) |
| TYSON | F.H., England Test cricketer who took 7-27 against Australia in Melbourne in 1954s (5) |
| CREATURE | 1954's "- From the Black Lagoon" |
| RIOT | 1954's "- in Cell Block 11" |
| REMADE | Like 1954's "A Star Is Born" in 2018 |
| OHERLIHY | Dan ___, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for 1954's Robinson Crusoe (8) |
| COLVILLE | Alex ?, Canadian painter whose works include 1954's Horse and Train |
| EVA | Actress ___ Marie Saint who won an Oscar for 1954's On the Waterfront |
| KRA | Isthmus of ___, narrow neck of the Malay Peninsula between the Gulf of Thailand and the Bay of Bengal (3) |
| DARJEELING | Town in West Bengal at an altitude of 6,700 ft, site of the Chamong Estate and the Happy Valley Tea Estate where the "champagne of teas" is cultivated (10) |
| BURMA | Former name of a country on the Bay of Bengal known as Myanmar since 1989, site of Inle Lake where fishermen row and fish on one leg (5) |
| CALCUTTA | Former name of capital of West Bengal (8) |
| ANDAMANSEA | Part of the Bay of Bengal (7,3) |
