| DODIESMITH | Writer of the 1956 novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians (5,5) |
| PERDITA | Character who has a litter of puppies with Prince in Dodie Smith's 1956 novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians (7) |
| DEVIL | Cruella --; character in Dodie Smith's 1956 novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians, portrayed by Glenn |
| CRUELLADEVIL | Villainous heiress in Dodie Smith's 1956 novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians (7,2,3) |
| SMITH | Dodie, author of the novel The Hundred And One Dalmatians (5) |
| CRUELLA | ____ de Vil, eccentric heiress and main villain in the novel The Hundred And One Dalmatians (7) |
| ALGREN | Nelson, author of the 1956 novel A Walk on the Wild Side (6) |
| NELSONALGREN | Author of the 1956 novel A Walk On The Wild Side (6,6) |
| GRACE | _ Metalious, author of the 1956 novel Peyton Place (5) |
| CHUCKBERRY | Singer of the 1956 US number two hit Roll Over Beethoven (5,5) |
| DODIE | Author of 1956 novel The One Hundred and One Dalmatians (5,5) |
| PONGO | In literature, the nickname of Reginald Twistleton in the Wodehousian Uncle Fred stories; or, the main male Dalmatian in The Hundred and One Dalmatians (5) |
| LEVI | Primo, Italian author of the 1956 volume of memoirs The Periodic Table (4) |
| MELBOURNE | At the closing ceremony of the 1956 Olympics, the traditional parade of national teams was discarded for the first time, and athletes were allowed to mingle as they moved around the stadium. This was |
| LACHUTE | French title of the 1956 Albert Camus novel The Fall (2,5) |
| MARYDEARE | "The ... ...", 1956 novel by Hammond Innes (4,5) |
| THEMARY | See 17Dn. The 1956 novel by Hammond Innes about a ghost ship (3,4,5) |
| FALL | 'The ---', 1956 novel by Albert Camus (4) |
| OUTSIDER | 'The -', 1956 novel by Colin Wilson (8) |
| VIDOR | King, director of the 1956 film War and Peace (5) |
