| PINZA | Horse that won the 1953 Derby |
| ELLISON | Author whose first novel, "Invisible Man," won the 1953 National Book Award |
| SEIXAS | Vic ****** , player who won the 1953 Wimbledon men's singles title (6) |
| CHURCHILL | British politician who won the 1953 Nobel Prize in Literature, Winston ... |
| ALLAN | In the 1953 animation of The Tell-Tale Heart, James Mason is the narrator and Stanley Baker is the voice of the author, Edgar ... Poe |
| ETERNITY | "The boldest book of our time. Honestly, fearlessly on the screen!" was how they described the 1953 |
| NOYCE | Member of the 1953 expedition that made the first ascent of Everest who also wrote Mountains and Men (5) |
| GENEBARRY | Actor who starred as Dr Clayton Forrester in the 1953 film The War of the Worlds |
| DNA | National ___ Day (April 25, commemorating the 1953 publication of the discovery of its double-helix structure; you can discover six strands of it in the theme entries) |
| GRUBB | Davis, author of the 1953 novel The Night of the Hunter (5) |
| CRUCIBLE | The ---, 1953 play by Arthur Miller set during the Salem witch trials of the 17th Century (8) |
| ADLER | Larry ___, harmonica-player who won an Oscar nomination for his work on the soundtrack of the 1953 film Genevieve |
| HARTLEY | LP ---, author of the 1953 novel The Go-Between |
| DARRACQ | French car that featured in the 1953 film Genevieve (7) |
| INGE | William, winner of the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the play Picnic (4) |
| HUNT | Army officer whose leadership of the 1953 expedition to Mount Everest enabled Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay to make the successful assault (4) |
| MATURE | Victor ___, American actor who starred in the 1953 film The Robe |
| KEEL | Howard, actor who played the male lead in the 1953 film Kiss Me Kate (4) |
| ROMAN | In the 1953 film ___ Holiday, Audrey Hepburn plays a princess out to explore the city on her own |
| DIAMONDS | These are a girl's best friend, according to the iconic song in the 1953 film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (8) |
