| THEGOODOLDDAYS | TV entertainment programme from 1953 to 1983 that recreated a music hall venue (3,4,3,4) |
| CHATSHOW | TV entertainment programme (4,4) |
| TRUE | Song released as a single by Spandau Ballet in 1983 that reached number one in 21 countries (4) |
| IMSTILLSTANDING | Song by Elton John released in 1983 that reached No 4 in the UK charts (2,5,8) |
| SLAUGHTERHOUSE | Rogue sleuth has recreated a shambles (14) |
| BOSKY | TV programme from outdoors possibly reflected blue as a green shade? (5) |
| BURLINGTONBERTIE | Character who rises at ten-thirty in a parody version of a music-hall song |
| APPIA | Lancia's small car rival to Fiat's 1100/1200 and Alfa Romeo's Giulietta, with over 98,000 built from 1953 to 1963 (5) |
| IFSTONE | Journalist with a weekly newsletter from 1953 to 1971 |
| CAPITOL | On which record label did Frank Sinatra record from 1953 to 1962? (7) |
| KATOWICE | City of Upper Silesia, known from 1953 to 1956 as Stalinogrod (8) |
| TITO | Who was President of Yugoslavia from 1953 to 1980? (4) |
| DAGHAMMARSKJOLD | Swede who was secretary-general of the UN from 1953 to 1961 (3,12) |
| HAMMARSKJOLD | Dag --, Swedish Secretary-General of the UN from 1953 to 1961 (12) |
| BLISS | Sir Arthur ___, composer who was Master of the Queen's Musick from 1953 to 1975 |
| TOPPER | Comic published by D C Thomson from 1953 to 1990, when it merged with The Beezer |
| CLARENCE | ____ House, residence in London of the Queen Mother from 1953 to 2002 (8) |
| MAMIE | _ Eisenhower, First Lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961 (5) |
| NIKITA | Leader of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, _ Khruschev (6) |
| CHEMNITZ | City in Saxony, Germany, known from 1953 to 1990 as Karl-Marx-Stadt (8) |
