| 1940 Glenn Miller hit or 1997 Matthew Perry film | 48 |
| 1940 Grant/Russell comedy | 25 |
| 1940 Henry Fonda role | 21 |
| 1940 Hope film | 14 |
| 1940 Joan Crawford film | 23 |
| 1940 John Wayne drama | 21 |
| 1940 Karloff film | 17 |
| 1940 Karloff horror flick | 25 |
| 1940 Marx Brothers movie | 24 |
| 1940 Merle Oberon film ____ We Meet Again | 45 |
| 1940 O'Brien part | 21 |
| 1940 Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mark Van --- | 45 |
| 1940 RKO musical | 16 |
| 1940 Rockne portrayer | 21 |
| 1940 Ronald Reagan role | 23 |
| 1940 screwball comedy based on "The Front Page" | 57 |
| 1940 Tyrone Power adventure film, with "The" | 54 |
| 1940 Tyrone Power swashbuckler, with "The" | 52 |
| 1940 W.C. Fields movie, with "The" | 44 |
| 1940's All-Star Buck | 24 |
| 1940's arena: Abbr. | 23 |
| 1940's Big-Band leader | 26 |
| 1940's Cardinal ___ Slaughter | 33 |
| 1940's conflict, for short | 30 |
| 1940's film trademark | 25 |
| 1940's first lady | 21 |
| 1940's foe, with "the" | 36 |
| 1940's Giants manager | 25 |
| 1940's Holmes player | 24 |
| 1940's Italian Fascist leader | 33 |
| 1940's South African P.M. | 29 |
| 1940's Soviet secret police org. | 36 |
| 1940's spy grp. | 19 |
| 1940's spy org. | 19 |
| 1940's Tigers All-Star Newhouser | 36 |
| 1940's ___ Pact | 19 |
| 1940's-50's actor Dennis | 32 |
| 1940's-50's actress Raines | 34 |
| 1940's-50's All-Star Johnny | 35 |
| 1940's-50's All-Star pitcher ___ Blackwell | 50 |
| 1940's-50's All-Star who got his nickname from a kind of marble | 71 |
| 1940's-50's All-Star ___ Slaughter | 42 |
| 1940's-50's dictator | 28 |
| 1940's-50's football legend ___ Walker | 46 |
| 1940's-50's leader with a palindromic name | 50 |
| 1940's-50's Phillies star Del ___ | 41 |
| 1940's-50's slugger Ralph | 33 |
| 1940's-60's world leader | 32 |
| 1940's-80's actor Robert | 32 |
| 1940's-90's actress Valli | 33 |
| 1940, 1980, etc. | 16 |
| 1940Â’s film critic | 22 |
| 1940s actress known for her yodeling hillbilly roles | 52 |
| 1940s actress Raines | 20 |
| 1940s actress/dancer with famous legs | 37 |
| 1940s ancestor of Watson | 24 |
| 1940s Ann Sothern role | 22 |
| 1940s arena, briefly | 20 |
| 1940s arena: Abbr. | 18 |
| 1940s band leader | 17 |
| 1940s baseball great Buck | 25 |
| 1940s Bikini blast, in brief | 28 |
| 1940s Bikini blasts, for short | 30 |
| 1940s British P.M. | 18 |
| 1940s chief justice Harlan ___ Stone | 36 |
| 1940s command, briefly | 22 |
| 1940s command: Abbr. | 20 |
| 1940s computer | 14 |
| 1940s conflict, for short | 25 |
| 1940s conflict: Abbr. | 21 |
| 1940s fashion | 13 |
| 1940s film critic for Time and The Nation | 41 |
| 1940s film critic James | 23 |
| 1940s French Socialist leader Blum | 34 |
| 1940s Giants manager Mel | 24 |
| 1940s headline word | 19 |
| 1940s hit radio show featuring the bartender Archie | 51 |
| 1940s internees | 15 |
| 1940s jazz fan | 14 |
| 1940s jazz style | 16 |
| 1940s jazz variety | 18 |
| 1940s legislation that helped WWII vets | 39 |
| 1940s mil. venue | 16 |
| 1940s mil. zone | 15 |
| 1940s musical innovation | 24 |
| 1940s overseas cmd. | 19 |
| 1940s presidential inits. | 25 |
| 1940s propagandist | 18 |
| 1940s quartet with the #1 hit "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall," with "the" | 98 |
| 1940s slugger Johnny | 20 |
| 1940s song ''Maria ___'' | 40 |
| 1940s spy grp. | 14 |
| 1940s spy org. | 14 |
| 1940s suit style | 16 |
| 1940s theater, for short | 24 |
| 1940s Time film critic James | 28 |
| 1940s U.S. poet laureate Karl | 29 |
| 1940s USSR secret police | 24 |
| 1940s White House dog | 21 |
| 1940s White House pet | 21 |