| IRONLUNGS | Respirators first invented for the treatment of coal-gas poisoning but widely used in the 1950s for |
| LIFTOFF | "We have a ___ ___": phrase first used in the 1950s during the space race (4,3) |
| JETSET | Term coined in the 1950s for a class of rich and fashionable people who fly/travel widely for pleasure (3,3) |
| FORTRAN | A high-level computer programming language developed by IBM in the 1950s for scientific and engineering applications |
| LIPGLOSS | Cosmetic invented for the movie industry in 1930 |
| STRAWMAN | Figure invented for the sake of an argument |
| TNT | Explosive used as a dye when first invented |
| BARRELOFMONKEYS | Milton Bradley game first invented in 1961 |
| OPENSECRET | Matter told in confidence but widely known |
| ILLUSTRIOUS | Our suits, ill-designed but widely esteemed (11) |
| NIELSRYBERGFINSEN | Who developed an ultra-violet ray lamp for the treatment of tuberculosis of the skin and won the Nob |
| ATHARVAVEDA | Collection of 114 hymns or formulations for the treatment of diseases in Hinduism |
| BEATNIK | Hit that was fashionable retrospectively at back end of the 1950s for youth in scruffy clothes (7) |
| AUNGSANSUUKYI | Nobel laureate from 10, now condemned for the treatment of the 9 (4,3,3,3) |
| RENNIN | Milk- curdling enzyme occurring in the gastric juice of young ruminant mammals and widely used in the production of cheese; also called chymosin (6) |
| WINCHESTER | Lever-action repeating rifle widely used in the US during the second half of the 19th century (10) |
| JULIAN | Calendar widely used in the West before the introduction of the Gregorian calendar (6) |
| HOSPITALSHIPS | Sea vessels fitted out for the treatment and transport of the sick and wounded in wartime (8,5) |
| BENNETT | Blue Velvet was a hit in the Fifties for crooner, Tony ... |
| ORTHOPEDIA | Old name for the treatment of bone disorders and deformities |
