| 1945 Andrews Sisters hit song | 29 |
| 1945 battle site, briefly | 25 |
| 1945 battle site, for short | 27 |
| 1945 battleground, for short | 28 |
| 1945 conference center | 22 |
| 1945 island dogfight site | 25 |
| 1945 Joan Crawford title role | 29 |
| 1945 John Wayne western | 23 |
| 1945 Judy Garland film | 22 |
| 1945 news, in headlines | 23 |
| 1945 Noël Coward song | 24 |
| 1945 Nobelist in Medicine | 25 |
| 1945 nuclear strike target | 26 |
| 1945 Oscar nominee Ann | 22 |
| 1945 Pacific battle site | 24 |
| 1945 Robert Mitchum war film | 28 |
| 1945 summit conference site | 27 |
| 1945 wartime conference site | 28 |
| 1946 Alan Ladd adventure | 24 |
| 1946 Alan Ladd war picture | 26 |
| 1946 Bowery Boys movie | 22 |
| 1946 British Open champion | 26 |
| 1946 high-tech unveiling | 24 |
| 1946 hit for Frank Sinatra | 26 |
| 1946 Literature Nobelist | 24 |
| 1946 Marlowe portrayer | 22 |
| 1946 Rita Hayworth film | 23 |
| 1946 Rosalind Russell role | 26 |
| 1946 Triple Crown winner | 24 |
| 1946 Wimbledon champ Betz | 25 |
| 1946-'52 first lady | 23 |
| 1946-'75 nuclear agcy. | 26 |
| 1946-52 N.L. home run champ | 27 |
| 1947 Arthur Miller play | 23 |
| 1947 Best Picture nominee | 25 |
| 1947 computing patent subject | 29 |
| 1947 Dennis O'Keefe film | 28 |
| 1947 French Nobelist André | 29 |
| 1947 Hope-Crosby destination | 28 |
| 1947 Hope/Crosby destination | 28 |
| 1947 Horse of the Year | 22 |
| 1947 Humphrey Bogart movie | 26 |
| 1947 international agreement | 28 |
| 1947 John Garfield film | 23 |
| 1947 John Steinbeck novelette | 29 |
| 1947 Nobelist in medicine | 25 |
| 1947 Oscar winner Celeste | 25 |
| 1947 Pulitzer composer | 22 |
| 1947 sound-barrier breaker | 26 |
| 1947 South Seas traveler | 24 |
| 1947 Tennessee Williams play | 28 |
| 1947 western serial film | 24 |
| 1948 Alberta oil discovery | 26 |
| 1948 and 1955 Pulitzer winner | 29 |
| 1948 Ava Gardner comedy | 23 |
| 1948 Berlin blockade ploys | 26 |
| 1948 Best Actor nominee Lew | 27 |
| 1948 Bogart/Bacall film | 23 |
| 1948 Hitchcock nail-biter | 25 |
| 1948 Hitchcock thriller | 23 |
| 1948 Ingrid Bergman film | 24 |
| 1948 James Stewart film | 23 |
| 1948 John Wayne western | 23 |
| 1948 Literature Nobelist | 24 |
| 1948 Michelin introduction | 26 |
| 1948 Oscar-winning song | 23 |
| 1948 Peace Prize nominee | 24 |
| 1948 presidential contender | 27 |
| 1948 Pulitzer-winning poet | 26 |
| 1948 Triple Crown winner | 24 |
| 1948 Wayne/Fonda western | 24 |
| 1949 armistice locale: Abbr. | 28 |
| 1949 Edmond O'Brien movie | 29 |
| 1949 film noir classic | 22 |
| 1949 Hepburn/Tracy comedy | 25 |
| 1949 Nobel Peace Prize winner | 29 |
| 1949 novel set in Wyoming | 25 |
| 1949 Olivia de Havilland film | 29 |
| 1949 Orson Welles film | 22 |
| 1949 PGA Player of the Year | 27 |
| 1949 portrayer of Gatsby | 24 |
| 1949 Robert Ryan boxing film | 28 |
| 1949 Tracy-Hepburn movie | 24 |
| 1949 Tracy/ Hepburn film | 24 |
| 1949 Tracy/Hepburn classic | 26 |
| 1949 Tracy/Hepburn film | 23 |
| 1949-90 European capital | 24 |
| 1950 #1 Ames Brothers hit | 25 |
| 1950 #1 Anton Karas recording | 29 |
| 1950 #1 hit for Patti Page | 26 |
| 1950 Akira Kurosawa film | 24 |
| 1950 Anne Baxter title role | 27 |
| 1950 Best Picture nominee | 25 |
| 1950 Billy Wilder movie | 23 |
| 1950 Edmond O'Brien film | 28 |
| 1950 Ethel Merman song | 22 |
| 1950 film noir classic | 22 |
| 1950 film noir thriller | 23 |
| 1950 film-noir classic | 22 |
| 1950 Irving Berlin musical | 26 |