| LARUE | Lash lashing his way through Westerns in the forties and fifties |
| EVAPERON | First Lady of the forties and fifties |
| MIDDLEAGE | Time of life typically associated with one's forties and fifties |
| OLIVIA | She sued Warners in the forties and won, moving to Paramount to make two Oscar-winning movies, To Each His Own and The Heiress; ... de Havilland |
| GOOGIEWITHERS | Actress, best-known in the Forties and early Fifties, who played governor Faye Boswell in Within These Walls |
| PORTLAND | Oregon city, noted as a centre for organised crime in the 1940s and '50s and of counterculture in the 1960s and '70s (8) |
| RANK | J Arthur ___, British industrialist whose companies dominated the British film industry in the 1940s and 1950s |
| JIVE | Lively style of dance popular in the 1940s and 1950s (4) |
| THEALBERTHALL | With a similar name to London's iconic venue, this was the main place for entertainment in Australia's capital city in the 1940s and 50s (3,6,4) |
| NIVEN | David -----, suave British actor in Hollywood in the 1940s and 50s (5) |
| SUGARRAY | First names of boxers Robinson and Leonard, middleweight world champions in the 1940s and 1980s (5,3) |
| HOGAN | Ben _, American golfer who won nine majors in the 1940s and '50s (5) |
| SARAHVAUGHAN | Jazz singer of the 1940s and 1950s nicknamed "The Divine One": 2 wds. |
| GUYBURGESS | A member of the Cambridge spy ring of the 1940s and 1950s (3,7) |
| UGLY | Box office fire: "The Good, the Bad and the ___" is one of the most watched spaghetti westerns in Hollywood's history |
| ENIDBLYTON | During the 1940s and 1950s, which British author was responsible for inspiring countless children's interest in reading? (4,6) |
| ABBOTTANDCOSTELLO | Comic film duo of the 1940s and 1950s - C (6,3,8) |
| AVA | Ms Gardner, glamorous star of the 1940s and 1950s (3) |
| KAYE | Danny ----, Hollywood star of the 1940s and 1950s (4) |
| NOIR | Film ---, cinematic genre of stylish Hollywood crime dramas, especially of the 1940s and 1950s (4) |
