| MURDER | Dial M for ___, 1953 Hitchcock film |
| SIZE | M for ___? (4) |
| GODOT | Waiting for ___: 1953 play by Samuel Beckett in which the titular character never appears (5) |
| GRACEKELLY | Actress who played a socialite in Hitchcock's "Dial M for Murder": 2 wds. |
| GRACE | Who starred in Hitchcock's Dial M For Murder and Rear Window? (5,5) |
| KELLY | Who starred in Hitchcock's Dial M For Murder and Rear Window? (5,5) |
| MILLAND | Ray, Dial M for Murder actor (7) |
| KNOTT | "Dial M for Murder" dramatist Frederick |
| RAYMILLAND | Grace Kelly's co-star in Dial M for Murder (3,7) |
| ALFREDHITCHCOCK | "Dial M for Murder" director |
| FOR | Grace Kelly thriller, Dial M ___ Murder |
| DRT | "The 5,000 Fingers of ___" (1953 film musical) |
| AWAC | "Never Wave at __": 1953 film |
| ETERNITY | From Here To ___, 1953 Burt Lancaster film (8) |
| PAN | Peter ___, 1953 Disney film (3) |
| INGE | William ___ (1953 Pulitzerwinning playwright for Picnic) |
| BLONDES | Gentlemen Prefer _, 1953 film with Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe (7) |
| HOLIDAY | Roman ___, 1953 Gregory Peck/Audrey Hepburn film (7) |
| CRUELSEA | The _ _, 1953 war film directed by Charles Frend (5,3) |
| STIFF | Scared _, 1953 Dean - Martin comedy/ horror film (5) |
