| KAVANAGH | Barrister character played by John Thaw (8) |
| REGAN | Pilot episode of the 1975- 8 ITV police drama The Sweeney, named for the character played by John Thaw (5) |
| MORSE | Who is the fictional detective created by Colin Dexter and played by John Thaw in a 33-episode TV series? (5) |
| INSPECTOR | _ Morse, TV detective played by John Thaw and Shaun Evans (9) |
| PROVENCE | Depicted in memoirs by Peter Mayle and later a mini-series starring John Thaw, a region of France with a lavender season between June and August (8) |
| MAGORIAN | Children's author of Just Henry and the classic wartime story Goodnight Mister Tom that was adapted into a family film featuring John Thaw (8) |
| TRIPPER | Jack ___, "Three's Company" character played by John Ritter |
| BASIL | _ Fawlty, character played by John Cleese (5) |
| ZUKO | Grease character played by John Travolta, Danny ___ |
| FINN | Star Wars character played by John Boyega (4) |
| DANCONNER | Character played by John Goodman in Roseanne (3,6) |
| ELLIOTT | Coronation Street character played by John Savident, Fred ___ (7) |
| FRAZER | Character played by John Laurie in Dad's Army (6) |
| ROOSTERCOGBURN | Character played by John Wayne in 1969's True Grit and its 1975 sequel (7,7) |
| MANERO | Tony, character played by John Travolta in 1978 film Saturday Night Fever (6) |
| ROOSTER | ___ Cogburn: character played by John Wayne in the 1975 film True Grit, for which he won his only Oscar (7) |
| BODUKE | Character played by John Schneider in the 1980s US action comedy series set in Hazzard County (2,4) |
| INSPECTORMORSE | John Thaw played a detective in this (9,5) |
| KAVANAGHQC | John Thaw legal series from the 1990s (8,1,1) |
| DENNISWATERMAN | Actor who played John Thaw's sidekick in The Sweeney |