| ADDAMS | Surname of first US woman Nobel Peace Prize winner, and fictional family with decidedly macabre interests (6) |
| MARIECURIE | First woman nobel peace prize winner |
| SOPRANO | Fictional family with a Tony? |
| MEDALLIST | Prize-winner and drug-free devout politician in charge still made to struggle (7,9) |
| OLYMPIC | Prize-winner and drug-free devout politician in charge still made to struggle (7,9) |
| WOOD | Surname of First World War hero remembered on 'Patriot' 45536 (4) |
| LESSON | Reprimand or punishment inte nded to correct (6) |
| SALUT | "Slinte" |
| THREEMENINABOAT | Jerome K Jerome's, or "J's", amusing account of a jaunt up the Thames with friends George, Harris and fictional fox terrier Montmorency . (5,3,2,1,4) |
| BANKS | Surname of the fictional family that employed I May Poppins (5) |
| ARCHER | A toxophilite; a fictional family from Ambridge; or, with definite article, the zodiac sign Sagittarius (6) |
| FORSYTE | Member of fictional family, say, lacking heart, but surrounded by strength (7) |
| ASHENDEN | W Somerset Maugham's spy character and fictional alter ego in his collection of stories that partly inspired Hitchcock's Secret Agent (8) |
| REBECCA | Daphne du Maurier's novel set in Monte Carlo and fictional Manderley (7) |
| BATMAN | British officer's personal servant in the armed forces and fictional superhero |
| ADAMANTINE | A US woman eclipsing rival before end of election, very tough |
| BROADBEAN | US woman with Benjamin eating a vegetable (5,4) |
| BROADCAST | US woman with actors for programme (9) |
| OHARAS | Famed fictional family of Georgia |
| NEROS | Pianist Peter and fictional detective Wolfe, for two |
