| LESPAUL | Who invented the solid "log" electric guitar, marketed by Gibson from 1952? (3,4) |
| SGS | Lettered electric guitars by Gibson |
| SMELLY | Stallone punched by Gibson on the nose (6) |
| MEL | Actor Gibson from Hacksaw Ridge |
| YOKOONO | Later a multimedia artist and activist, who was the first woman admitted into the philosophy course at Tokyo's Gakushuin University, in 1952? (4,3) |
| PICNICS | These models were marketed by Toyota as Family Fun Vehicles (7) |
| NEGRONI | Bitter-tasting Campari cocktail originally marketed by its eponymous Italian family (7) |
| YAHTZEE | Classic dice game launched in 1956, now marketed by Milton Bradley |
| THERAIN | UK's moststreamed track from 1952 by Gene Kelly (6,2,3,4) |
| CRUSTAL | Relating to the solid exterior of the earth (7) |
| NUCLEUS | Meaning "little nut", a kernel; the solid centre of a comet's head; or, the dense core of an atom (7) |
| AFRICAN | Humphrey Bogart movie from 1952, The ---- Queen (7) |
| BATISTA | Fulgencio ___ (1901-73), dictator of Cuba from 1952 to 1959 (7) |
| STEARIN | Crystalline substance, the solid part of a fat (7) |
| MISSUSA | Title bestowed annually from 1952 |
| HUSSEIN | Jordan's king from 1952-1999 (7) |
| SCHWEITZER | Who (Albert ___) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952? (10) |
| PAUL | Les, U.S. guitarist who created the solid-body electric guitar (4) |
| BOAC | Which airline flew the world's first jet airliner from London to Johannesburg in 1952? (1,1,1,1) |
| BILLHALEYAND | Which band gave up the name the Saddlemen, along with their cowboy boots and white Stetsons, in 1952? - w 9dn (4,5,3,3,6) |
