| SHULA | Character (first name) played by Judy Bennett in 15 down (5) |
| JULIA | Character (first name) in Motherland (5) |
| JAMES | Lily ___, actor who played Elizabeth Bennett in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (5) |
| SMART | 1983 novel by Judy Blume (5,5) |
| AUDRA | Dr Naomi Bennett in Private Practice, ... McDonald (5) |
| GOOFY | Disney character first voiced by Pinto Colvig in 1932 (5) |
| OCEAN | Danny, charismatic gangster character first played on film by Frank Sinatra (5) |
| RULED | "If I ... the world, every day would be the first day of spring; Every heart would have a new song to sing," sang Tony Bennett in 1965 |
| PARTY | The __, large-scale installation artwork by Judy Chicago (6,5) |
| BAMBI | Felix Salten's fawn character, first animated or brought to life by Disney in 1942; or, a nickname for a born-again middle-aged biker (5) |
| ETHOS | Distinctive character first seen in Edward Thomas (5) |
| MORPH | Animated clay character first seen on the children's programme Take Hart in 1977 (5) |
| ALPHA | Top Dog's character first seen in Aristophanes? (5) |
| SPOCK | Star Trek character first played by Leonard Nimoy |
| WIFEY | 1978 novel by Judy Blume (5) |
| BBEAR | Children's TV character first seen in 1965, Humphrey ... ... (1,4) |
| PIVOT | Almost choose Greek character first to turn (5) |
| NULLA | Everybody backing Greek character first at ravine (5) |
| ALEPH | Foremost character, first in expedition, probing mountain height |
| LORAX | Kid-lit title character first appearing by popping out of a tree stump |
