| PRELL | Shampoo introduced in 1947 |
| DORSET | Two-door Austin introduced in 1947 (6) |
| NEWLOOK | Name by which the women's fashion lines Corolle and Huit, introduced in 1947 by Christian Dior, came to be known (3,4) |
| LOTT | Felicity ___, soprano born in Cheltenham in 1947 who debuted at the English National Opera in 1975 ( |
| BUGATTI | Ettore, Italian car manufacturer born in Brescia in 1881 who died in 1947 (7) |
| BERLE | Comedian who married Joyce Mathews in 1941, divorced her in 1947 and married her again in 1949 "beca |
| AVIATION | CAE = Canadian ___ Electronics (Global firm founded in 1947 headquartered in Saint-Laurent in Quebec near Montreal) |
| ROBINSON | Jackie, first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the U.S. in 1947 (8) |
| FRANKSHORTER | Born in 1947 and an Olympic champ in 1972, he probably liked Marathon bars in his heyday |
| WOOMERA | Town in South Australia built in 1947 as the administrative centre of the Long Range Weapons Establi |
| YEAGER | Pilot who became the first person to break the sound barrier when he exceeded 670 mph (Mach 1) in the Bell X-1 rocket research aircraft in 1947 (6) |
| AUTODAFE | One-act stage play by Tennessee Williams first produced in New York in 1947 (4-2-2) |
| AMADEUSQUARTET | World-famous British string group founded in 1947 and disbanded in 1987 (7,7) |
| UFO | What supposedly landed in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947: Abbr. |
| LAGONDA | Historic luxury car marque established in 1906 that was taken over by Aston Martin in 1947 (7) |
| ALBERTHERRING | A chamber opera in three acts by Benjamin Britten, first performed in 1947 (6,7) |
| DOROTHYLIVESAY | Winnipeg-born poet who won the Governor General's literary Award for her work, first in 1944 and again in 1947: 2 wds. |
| ACTORSSTUDIO | The ?, organisation in Manhattan, New York City, founded in 1947 by Elia Kazan, Cheryl Crawford et alii (6,6) |
| LEDUC | ___ No. 1 (Historic site of a rich oil deposit discovery in Alberta in 1947) |
| HEYERDAHL | Norwegian anthropologist and adventurer who crossed the Pacific in the balsa wood raft Kon-Tiki in 1947 (9) |
