Complete Clue List
Across
1. Robert ____ starred with Joan Crawford in "Goodbye, My Fancy" (1951)
7. Maureen ____ starred in "Rio Grande" (1950), the first of five films with John Wayne
10. Star of "Bells of Coronado" (1950) along with wife Dale Evans and Trigger the horse (3,6)
11. Synonym for 2D
12. The ____ Revolution (1953-1959): overthrow of Fulgencio Batista in armed revolt led by Fidel Castro
13. Class of arthropods including spiders and ticks and scorpions
14. Country led by Gamal Abdel Nasser from 1956 to 1970
17. In the 1950s, increased birth ____ resulted in a baby boom
20. Red-faced
24. Surname of George who played the title role in the tv series "Adventures of Superman" (1952-1958)
25. Hostile declaration, heard many times in the 1950s (3,3)
26. University of Southern California football team that won the 1953 Rose Bowl
27. Italian ocean liner "SS ____ Doria" sank after a collision off the US coast in 1956
28. Johnny ____, 1950s rockabilly singer, "The Battle of New Orleans" (1959)
29. Swedish professional boxer ____ Johansson, world heavyweight champion, 1959-1960
30. Mr Matthau who played Maxie Field in 1958's "King Creole" with Elvis Presley (first name)
31. Solvent, unlike many countries in the 1950s
32. Mr Robinson who starred in 1956's "The Ten Commandments" (first name and middle initial, 6,1)
36. Mr Fisher, singer and actor married Debbie Reynolds (1955-1959) before wedding 45A (first name)
39. Alfred Hitchcock's "The Wrong Man" (1956) was ____ on a true story
42. In 1955, Annette ____ was one of Disney's original Mouseketeers
43. Surname of Eva and Zsa Zsa who both acted in feature films in the 1950s
44. In 1950, the People's Republic of ____ annexed Tibet
45. First name of Ms. Taylor who starred in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1958)
46. One of the greatest jazz pianists, Art ____ died in 1956 aged 47
47. Tennessee ____ Ford's 1955 version of "Sixteen Tons" was a number one hit on the Billboard charts
Down
1. Side 3, track 8 on "Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book" (1956): "____ the Top"
2. Bring together, as President Nasser tried to do with Arabic countries in the 1950s
3. "The ____ Smog of London" (December 1952); up to 4,000 died as a direct result
4. Jane ____ husband in 1952 was Frederick M. Karger, having divorced from Ronald Reagan in 1949
5. The Italian film version of "Aida" (1953) starred ____ Loren in the title role
6. Treat or speak of with contempt
7. Canadian ____ Peterson, DownBeat Award as best jazz pianist 1950-1962
8. In the 1950s, anyone at a Yankees game was likely to see Mickey Mantle ____ ____ (2,3)
9. In 1955's "All That Heaven Allows", ____ Moorhead was cast as Sara Warren
15. Colourful country which became a Colony of the Kingdom of Denmark in 1950
16. Italian operatic tenor (1935-2007) who began seriously studying music in 1954 (surname)
18. Country hosting the 1956 Summer Olympics
19. Marked by complexity and richness of detail
20. Fred, who starred with Audrey Hepburn in "Funny Face" (1957) (surname)
21. Jail (slang, var.)
22. First name of Libyan Gaddafi who witnessed the Suez Crisis (1956)
23. Kitchen cleanup cloth
33. Mr Hopper who debuted with James Dean in "Rebel Without a Cause" (1955) and "Giant" (1956)
34. Did the Soviets use this inverse trig function launching Sputnik 1 in 1957?
35. Phyllis ____ (1917-2012): first appearance as a stand-up comedian in 1955
36. 1950s year when BBC TV began broadcasting "Blue Peter"
37. First performance, as in 35D
38. In "77 Sunset Strip" (1958-1964), the role of Stuart Bailey was played by ____ Zimbalist Jr
39. An offensive term for a person of German descent
40. Descendant
41. August 19, 1955 Hurricane ____ struck the northeastern United States with more than 200 deaths