| 1954 Maxwell Anderson play, with "The" | 48 |
| 1954 Luis Buñuel film | 24 |
| 1954 Literature Nobelist, informally | 36 |
| 1954 Literature Nobelist | 24 |
| 1954 Laurence Harvey movie | 26 |
| 1954 Kurosawa classic, with "The" | 43 |
| 1954 Kurosawa classic | 21 |
| 1954 Jimmy Stewart thriller | 27 |
| 1954 Jean Simmons title role | 28 |
| 1954 Jean Simmons movie | 23 |
| 1954 Janet Leigh portrayal | 26 |
| 1954 Humphrey Bogart movie | 26 |
| 1954 Humphrey Bogart film | 25 |
| 1954 horror movie | 17 |
| 1954 horror film about giant ants | 33 |
| 1954 Hitchcock thriller | 23 |
| 1954 Hitchcock hit | 18 |
| 1954 hit song with a biblical title | 35 |
| 1954 hit for The Chords | 23 |
| 1954 hit by The Chords | 22 |
| 1954 hit "(___) I Need Your Lovin'" | 49 |
| 1954 Heisman Trophy winner Ameche | 33 |
| 1954 Gerard Philipe film | 24 |
| 1954 film starring Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson | 45 |
| 1954 film set in 16th-century Japan | 35 |
| 1954 film septet | 16 |
| 1954 film in which Brando played Napoleon | 41 |
| 1954 film based on the short story "It Had to Be Murder" | 66 |
| 1954 Fellini film | 17 |
| 1954 Faulkner novel | 19 |
| 1954 event coded as "Castle Bravo" | 44 |
| 1954 event code-named Castle Bravo | 34 |
| 1954 Esther Williams film | 25 |
| 1954 Emmy winner for Best Female Star of a Regular Series | 57 |
| 1954 Elizabeth Taylor film | 26 |
| 1954 Elia Kazan Oscar winner | 28 |
| 1954 Edgar Award winner | 23 |
| 1954 East Coast hurricane | 25 |
| 1954 doo-wop hit for The Crew-Cuts | 34 |
| 1954 Brando film | 16 |
| 1954 Bogart role | 16 |
| 1954 Bogart film, with 'The' | 36 |
| 1954 Audie Murphy western | 25 |
| 1954 Akira Kurosawa classic | 27 |
| 1954 A.L. batting champ Bobby | 29 |
| 1954 A.L. batting champ | 23 |
| 1954 #1 hit for The Chordettes | 30 |
| 1954 #1 hit by the Crew-Cuts | 28 |
| 1954 #1 hit by the Chordettes | 29 |
| 1953-'80 Yugoslav president | 31 |
| 1953's "The Jazz Singer" or 1976's "King Kong" | 74 |
| 1953 Wimbledon winner Seixas | 28 |
| 1953 Western hero to whom Joey cried "Come back!" | 59 |
| 1953 western hero | 17 |
| 1953 Western classic | 20 |
| 1953 western | 12 |
| 1953 Welles role | 16 |
| 1953 Vincent Price film | 23 |
| 1953 tune introduced by Leslie Caron | 36 |
| 1953 title role for Sophia Loren | 32 |
| 1953 title role for Sophia | 26 |
| 1953 title role for Rita Hayworth | 33 |
| 1953 title role for Leslie Caron | 32 |
| 1953 title role for Alan Ladd | 29 |
| 1953 Sophia Loren film based on a Verdi classic | 47 |
| 1953 role for Leslie Caron | 26 |
| 1953 Richard Burton movie with The | 38 |
| 1953 Ricardo Montalban western | 30 |
| 1953 Pulitzer-winning playwright | 32 |
| 1953 Pulitzer winner for drama | 30 |
| 1953 Pulitzer Prize playwright | 30 |
| 1953 Pulitzer Prize dramatist | 29 |
| 1953 Pulitzer playwright William | 32 |
| 1953 Pulitzer playwright | 24 |
| 1953 Pulitzer dramatist | 23 |
| 1953 play, or consolation for a meatless meal? | 46 |
| 1953 Oscar-nominated Western | 28 |
| 1953 Oscar-nominated film based on a novel by Jack Schaefer | 59 |
| 1953 Original Music Score Oscar-winning film | 44 |
| 1953 Nobelist for medicine | 26 |
| 1953 musical with the song "No Other Love" | 52 |
| 1953 movie that shares the name of a Texas town | 47 |
| 1953 MGM musical | 16 |
| 1953 Mel Ferrer musical | 23 |
| 1953 Mel Ferrer film | 20 |
| 1953 Louis L'Amour novel | 28 |
| 1953 Loren title role | 21 |
| 1953 Looney Tunes short where a student daydreams | 49 |
| 1953 Leslie Caron title role | 28 |
| 1953 Leslie Caron role | 22 |
| 1953 Leslie Caron musical role | 30 |
| 1953 Leslie Caron musical | 25 |
| 1953 Leslie Caron film | 22 |
| 1953 Leslie Caron classic | 25 |
| 1953 Ladd/Palance classic | 25 |
| 1953 Ladd classic | 17 |
| 1953 Kentucky Derby winner or a 1974 cult sci-fi film | 53 |
| 1953 Kathryn Grayson film | 25 |
| 1953 John Wayne western | 23 |
| 1953 John Wayne oater | 21 |