| 1941 Oscar-winner Crisp | 23 |
| 1941 Orson Welles classic | 25 |
| 1941 Lillian Hellman play | 25 |
| 1941 Judy Garland musical | 25 |
| 1941 James Stewart film | 23 |
| 1941 Humphrey Bogart role | 25 |
| 1941 Humphrey Bogart film | 25 |
| 1941 hit for Billie Holiday | 27 |
| 1941 Cary Grant tearjerker | 26 |
| 1941 Best Picture nominee | 25 |
| 1941 Agatha Christie novel | 26 |
| 1941 Abbott and Costello film | 29 |
| 1941 #1 Sammy Kaye hit | 22 |
| 1941 #1 hit for Tommy Dorsey | 28 |
| 1940s-60s world leader | 22 |
| 1940s-'60s world leader | 27 |
| 1940s-'60s Indian P.M. | 26 |
| 1940s-'50s TV game show | 27 |
| 1940s-'50s pitcher Maglie | 29 |
| 1940s USSR secret police | 24 |
| 1940s U.S. poet laureate Karl | 29 |
| 1940s Time film critic James | 28 |
| 1940s theater, for short | 24 |
| 1940s presidential inits. | 25 |
| 1940s musical innovation | 24 |
| 1940s Giants manager Mel | 24 |
| 1940s film critic James | 23 |
| 1940s conflict, for short | 25 |
| 1940s command, briefly | 22 |
| 1940s Bikini blast, in brief | 28 |
| 1940s baseball great Buck | 25 |
| 1940s Ann Sothern role | 22 |
| 1940s ancestor of Watson | 24 |
| 1940Â’s film critic | 22 |
| 1940's-50's dictator | 28 |
| 1940's South African P.M. | 29 |
| 1940's Holmes player | 24 |
| 1940's Giants manager | 25 |
| 1940's film trademark | 25 |
| 1940's Big-Band leader | 26 |
| 1940's arena: Abbr. | 23 |
| 1940's All-Star Buck | 24 |
| 1940 Ronald Reagan role | 23 |
| 1940 Marx Brothers movie | 24 |
| 1940 Karloff horror flick | 25 |
| 1940 Joan Crawford film | 23 |
| 1940 Grant/Russell comedy | 25 |
| 1940 Alfred Hitchcock movie | 27 |
| 1939 William Holden film | 24 |
| 1939 Shearer/Gable movie | 24 |
| 1939 role for Clara Blandick | 28 |
| 1939 Roberta Donat film? | 24 |
| 1939 Robert Donat film | 22 |
| 1939 novel by John Steinbeck | 28 |
| 1939 Judy Garland film | 22 |
| 1939 John Wayne classic | 23 |
| 1939 John Garfield drama | 24 |
| 1939 James Stewart title role | 29 |
| 1939 James Joyce novel | 22 |
| 1939 Humphrey Bogart role | 25 |
| 1939 hit for Glenn Miller | 25 |
| 1939 Henry Miller book | 22 |
| 1939 Gary Cooper adventure | 26 |
| 1939 costar of Garland | 22 |
| 1939 Buck Rogers player | 23 |
| 1939 Bogart title role | 22 |
| 1939 Bette Davis drama | 22 |
| 1939 Best Actress role | 22 |
| 1939 Best Actor Oscar winner | 28 |
| 1939 Andrews Sisters hit | 24 |
| 1939 Agatha Christie classic | 28 |
| 1939 #1 hit for the Ink Spots | 29 |
| 1938 Ronald Reagan film | 23 |
| 1938 Rodgers-Hart tune | 22 |
| 1938 portrayer of Robin | 23 |
| 1938 nonfictional title | 23 |
| 1938 Literature Nobelist | 24 |
| 1938 Kurt Weill melody | 22 |
| 1938 Horse of the Year | 22 |
| 1938 Daphne du Maurier novel | 28 |
| 1938 Bette Davis classic | 24 |
| 1938 Austria-Germany union | 26 |
| 1938 "invaders" | 25 |
| 1937 Triple Crown winner | 24 |
| 1937 Triple Crown horse | 23 |
| 1937 title role for Paul Muni | 29 |
| 1937 Shirley Temple role | 24 |
| 1937 Shirley Temple film | 24 |
| 1937 Paul Muni title role | 25 |
| 1937 Laurel & Hardy film | 28 |
| 1937 Jean Gabin title role | 26 |
| 1937 Edward G. Robinson movie | 29 |
| 1937 Cole Porter song hit | 25 |
| 1937 Benny Goodman hit | 22 |
| 1937 #1 hit for Guy Lombardo | 28 |
| 1936-38 N.L. home run champ | 27 |
| 1936 track gold medalist | 24 |
| 1936 Pasteur portrayer | 22 |
| 1936 opponent of Franklin D. | 28 |
| 1936 Olympics star Jesse | 24 |