| EISENHOWER | Dwight D -, president of the US from 1953-61 (10) |
| ROOSEVELT | Franklin D -, president of the US from 1933-45 |
| EARLWARREN | Chief Justice of the United States from 1953-69; chair of the commission that investigated the assassination of John F Kennedy |
| MAMIE | _ Eisenhower, First Lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961 (5) |
| VOROSHILOV | Kliment ?, military commander; Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1953-60 (10) |
| ROMPERROOM | Children's show from 1953 to 1994 |
| IKE | Nickname of president Dwight D. Eisenhower of the US (3) |
| RICHARDNIXON | US vice president, 1953-61 and president, 1969-74 (7,5) |
| DAG | 1953-61 Secretary-General of the United Nations awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1961 (3,12) |
| DAGHAMMARSKJOLD | 1953-61 Secretary-General of the United Nations awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1961 |
| HAMMARSKJOLD | 1953-61 SecretaryGeneral of the United Nations awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1961 (3,12) |
| MALENKOV | Georgy ?, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union from 1953-55 |
| PARIS | French capital, site of a Villa Windsor, the home of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor from 1953 until their deaths in 1972 and 1986 respectively (5) |
| 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 |
| STAGG | Group Captain James ___, Met Office meteorologist who persuaded Dwight D. Eisenhower to change the date of the Normandy landings (5) |
| KARLMARXSTADT | Former name of the German city of Chemnitz from 1953-1990 (4-4-5) |
| ABILENE | Hometown, in Kansas, of Dwight D. Eisenhower (7) |
| SEN | J.F.K.: 1953-61 |
| DDES | White House monograms: 1953-61 |
| DDE | 1953-61 White House monogram |
