| PRINZ | Successful series of small economy cars built by NSU from 1958 to 1973, with nearly |
| MERCEDES | Pre-1926 brand name of German cars built by the Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft |
| MORRISMINOR | British economy car built 1948-71 |
| MPG | High no. for economy cars |
| BOXY | Like economy cars, say |
| GASHOG | Economy car's antithesis |
| FLORIDE | Alternative name from 1958 to 1962 of Renault's successful (117,000 built) Caravelle coupe (7) |
| TRABANT | Series of small cars produced from 1957 to 1991 by former East German car manufacturer VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerke Zwickau |
| MINI | Small, economy car first manufactured by BMC in 1959 (4) |
| GUNN | Word after Peter - title of a US private eye series that ran from 1958 to 1961 (4) |
| HILLMAN | -- Imp, small economy car made between 1963 and 1976 (7) |
| UAR | Acronym for the political union of Egypt and Syria lasting from 1958 to 1961. (3) |
| GRANDSTAND | Flagship sports programme of the BBC on Saturdays which ran from 1958 to 2007 (10) |
| VERWOERD | Hendrik, prime minister of South Africa from 1958 to 1966 (8) |
| RATLINE | One of a series of small ropes acting as steps in the rigging of a ship (7) |
| ELECTRA | Model name for Buick full-size cars, built in six main generations from 1959 to 1990 (7) |
| MALAGASY | -- Republic, name of Madagascar from 1958 to 1975 (8) |
| JACKDEMANIO | The principal presenter of Today from 1958 to 1970 |
| LUCKHURST | English opening batsman who played his entire county career, from 1958 to 1976, for Kent CCC, of which he later became president (5,9) (see 51D) |
| BRIAN | English opening batsman who played his entire county career, from 1958 to 1976, for Kent CCC, of which he later became president (5,9) (see 10D) |
