| TRAVOLTA | Actor who plays Billy Nolan, a bully to the protagonist in the 1976 film Carrie (last name only) |
| THEBLACKSTICKS | They used to use a bully to start with (3,5,6) |
| SPACEK | Sissy ------, actor in 1977 horror film Carrie (6) |
| ANTAGONIST | Adversary to the protagonist (10) |
| DAAE | Christine who's the protagonist in "The Phantom of the Opera" |
| IRONS | Jeremy, the voice actor of the protagonist in The Lion King movie |
| NEO | The protagonist in the Matrix film series |
| BOWIE | David, singer-actor who starred in the 1976 film The Man Who Fell to Earth (5) |
| URBAN | Karl _, actor who plays Billy Butcher in the superhero TV series The Boys (5) |
| HOLBROOK | Hal, U.S. actor who played the informant Deep Throat in the 1976 film All The President's Men (8) |
| ROBARDS | Jason, US actor who played Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee in the 1976 film All the President's Men (7) |
| FINCH | Peter ***** , actor who played the TV anchor in the 1976 film 'Network' directed by Sidney Lumet (5) |
| SPINSTERS | "___ are rarely the protagonists in the English novel, but they are oddly abundant in its margins." (2017 essay in The Conversation) |
| KRISTOFFERSON | Actor/musician who starred in the 1976 film A Star Is Born (13) |
| PERRY | Actor who plays Billy Mitchell in EastEnders (5,7) |
| MONTGOMERY | Dacre, actor who plays Billy Hargrove in Stranger Things (10) |
| PERRYFENWICK | Actor who plays Billy in EastEnders (5,7) |
| HALHOLBROOK | American actor whose roles include Deep Throat in the 1976 film All the President's Men |
| STREISAND | Barbra, actress who starred in the 1976 film version of A Star Is Born (9) |
| FRODO | Cousin of Bilbo Baggins who is one of the protagonists in The Lord of the Rings (5) |
