| HTEST | Operation Redwing event, 1956 |
| THRUSH | Blackbird, redwing or fieldfare, for example (6) |
| FIELDFARE | Winter-visiting thrush related to the redwing, often forming a flock in the countryside (9) |
| SONGTHRUSH | Warbling garden bird similar to a redwing (4,6) |
| TEDLINDSAY | Canadian who played for the Redwings |
| THRUSHES | Redwings and fieldfares, for example (8) |
| OCTOBER | Month of the year in which large numbers of redwings arrive in the UK (7) |
| IVY | Providing nectar for bees and butterflies and a bounty of winter berries for blackbirds, thrushes, redwings and wood pigeons, the evergreen vine Hedera helix (3) |
| PATSMYTHE | First woman, in 1956, to ride in an Olympics showjumping event (3,6) |
| IPO | 1956 milestone for Ford: Abbr. |
| FORBIDDEN | _____ Planet, 1956 Nielsen movie |
| HOLLYWOODORBUST | Dean Martin/Jerry Lewis comedy of 1956 |
| OBIE | Theater award first bestowed in 1956 |
| AHAB | 1956 role for Gregory Peck |
| KERR | "The King and I" (1956) co-star |
| LINE | "Rock Island __" (Bobby Darin's debut single, 1956) |
| LONGTALLSALLY | Little Richard hit of 1956: 3 wds. |
| SOILBANK | Title I of the Agricultural Act of 1956 |
| YAHTZEE | Dice game name since 1956 |
| KINGANDI | 1956 Yul Brynner movie (with "The") |
