| ASIANFLU | Strain of influenza believed to have originated in China and which spread worldwide in the 1950s (5, |
| PEACH | Deciduous fruit tree of the rose family thought to have originated in China; Prunus persica ( 5) |
| BOSSANOVA | Brazilian music popular worldwide in the 1950s and '60s (2 wds.) |
| ARABICA | Oldest and most widely cultivated variety of the coffee plant, thought to have originated in Africa in the area now occupied by Ethiopia (7) |
| PANETTONE | Sweet Italian bread cake popularly said to have originated in the kitchen of Ludovico il Moro, Duke of Milan from 1494 to 1499 (9) |
| COFFEE | This eye-opening morning drink, believed to have originated in Ethiopia, gets millions moving each day |
| MOOSE | Animal released in New Zealand in early 1900s, last sighted in the 1950s (5) |
| LABRADOR | Dog believed to have originated in Newfoundland |
| LANZA | Mario --, American tenor and Hollywood film star of the late 1940s and the 1950s (5) |
| CADET | Classic small bore machine made by the British James factory in the 1950s. (5) |
| MAMBO | Rumba-like Latin American dance popularised by Cuban musician and bandleader Perez Prado in the 1950s (5) |
| REIMS | Classic circuit in northern France that hosted two bike GPS in the 1950s. (5) |
| COCOA | Dried and fully fermented seed of a tree native to the Amazon rainforest, used worldwide in food (5) |
| BALTI | Indian dish said to have originated in the UK in Birmingham |
| GIRLPOWER | Slogan thought to have originated in a 1991 zine by the punk band Bikini Kill |
| PINACOLADA | Cocktail made with rum, pineapple juice and coconut milk, said to have originated in Puerto Rico (4,6) |
| RUTABAGA | Root vegetable similar to a swede, thought to have originated in Scandinavia or Russia (8) |
| LLAMA | South American animal thought to have originated in North America about 40m years ago (5) |
| ADLAI | Two-time loser to Dwight in the 1950s (5) |
| RILEY | UK car company that produced the Pathfinder model in the 1950s (5) |
