| 1953 Western hero to whom Joey cried "Come back!" | 59 |
| 1953 Wimbledon winner Seixas | 28 |
| 1953's "The Jazz Singer" or 1976's "King Kong" | 74 |
| 1953-'80 Yugoslav president | 31 |
| 1954 #1 hit by the Chordettes | 29 |
| 1954 #1 hit by the Crew-Cuts | 28 |
| 1954 #1 hit for The Chordettes | 30 |
| 1954 A.L. batting champ | 23 |
| 1954 A.L. batting champ Bobby | 29 |
| 1954 Akira Kurosawa classic | 27 |
| 1954 Audie Murphy western | 25 |
| 1954 Bogart film, with 'The' | 36 |
| 1954 Bogart role | 16 |
| 1954 Brando film | 16 |
| 1954 doo-wop hit for The Crew-Cuts | 34 |
| 1954 East Coast hurricane | 25 |
| 1954 Edgar Award winner | 23 |
| 1954 Elia Kazan Oscar winner | 28 |
| 1954 Elizabeth Taylor film | 26 |
| 1954 Emmy winner for Best Female Star of a Regular Series | 57 |
| 1954 Esther Williams film | 25 |
| 1954 event code-named Castle Bravo | 34 |
| 1954 event coded as "Castle Bravo" | 44 |
| 1954 Faulkner novel | 19 |
| 1954 Fellini film | 17 |
| 1954 film based on the short story "It Had to Be Murder" | 66 |
| 1954 film in which Brando played Napoleon | 41 |
| 1954 film septet | 16 |
| 1954 film set in 16th-century Japan | 35 |
| 1954 film starring Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson | 45 |
| 1954 Gerard Philipe film | 24 |
| 1954 Heisman Trophy winner Ameche | 33 |
| 1954 hit "(___) I Need Your Lovin'" | 49 |
| 1954 hit by The Chords | 22 |
| 1954 hit for The Chords | 23 |
| 1954 hit song with a biblical title | 35 |
| 1954 Hitchcock hit | 18 |
| 1954 Hitchcock thriller | 23 |
| 1954 horror film about giant ants | 33 |
| 1954 horror movie | 17 |
| 1954 Humphrey Bogart film | 25 |
| 1954 Humphrey Bogart movie | 26 |
| 1954 Janet Leigh portrayal | 26 |
| 1954 Jean Simmons movie | 23 |
| 1954 Jean Simmons title role | 28 |
| 1954 Jimmy Stewart thriller | 27 |
| 1954 Kurosawa classic | 21 |
| 1954 Kurosawa classic, with "The" | 43 |
| 1954 Laurence Harvey movie | 26 |
| 1954 Literature Nobelist | 24 |
| 1954 Literature Nobelist, informally | 36 |
| 1954 Luis Buñuel film | 24 |
| 1954 Maxwell Anderson play, with "The" | 48 |
| 1954 monster film setting | 25 |
| 1954 Napoleon film | 18 |
| 1954 No. 1 hit for Eddie Fisher | 31 |
| 1954 Oscar winner | 17 |
| 1954 Oscar winner ___ Marie Saint | 33 |
| 1954 Oscar-winning composer | 27 |
| 1954 Patti Page hit, whose title is sung three times before "Please, don't go" | 92 |
| 1954 PGA's leading money winner | 35 |
| 1954 physics co-Nobelist Walther | 32 |
| 1954 Robert Taylor thriller | 27 |
| 1954 role for Bogart | 20 |
| 1954 sci-fi classic | 19 |
| 1954 sci-fi film | 16 |
| 1954 sci-fi film with giant ants | 32 |
| 1954 sci-fi movie with an exclamation point in its title | 56 |
| 1954 song with a repeating title | 32 |
| 1954 suspense classic | 21 |
| 1954 title role for Audrey Hepburn | 34 |
| 1954 title role for Ava Gardner | 31 |
| 1954 war comedy "Francis Joins the ___" | 49 |
| 1954 World Cup winners | 22 |
| 1954 World Series park | 22 |
| 1954-1977 defense gp. | 21 |
| 1954-76 national capital | 24 |
| 1954-77 alliance | 16 |
| 1954-77 alliance: Abbr. | 23 |
| 1954-77 defense grp. | 20 |
| 1955 #1 hit by Tennessee Ernie Ford | 35 |
| 1955 #1 hit that ends "I owe my soul to the company store" | 68 |
| 1955 'Arabian Nights' adventure film | 44 |
| 1955 "book for precocious grown-ups" | 46 |
| 1955 "Fifty Million Times _____" | 42 |
| 1955 A.L. batting champ | 23 |
| 1955 Argentine coup victim | 26 |
| 1955 Astaire film about an orphan and her benefactor | 52 |
| 1955 Audie Murphy flick | 23 |
| 1955 Belmont and Preakness winner that shared its name with a U.S. city | 71 |
| 1955 Belmont Stakes winner | 26 |
| 1955 Best Actress Oscar winner Anna | 35 |
| 1955 Best Musical winner, with "The" | 46 |
| 1955 Best Picture nominee, with "The" | 47 |
| 1955 Best Picture starring Ernest Borgnine | 42 |
| 1955 Best Picture winner | 24 |
| 1955 Bo Diddley hit | 19 |
| 1955 Bogart film | 16 |
| 1955 Brando film | 16 |
| 1955 Burt Lancaster film with The | 37 |