| SCHULZ | Charles M --, 1922-2000, US strip cartoonist (6) |
| EMIL | -- Zatopek, 1922-2000, Czech athlete (4) |
| ZATOPEK | Emil --, 1922-2000, Czech long-distance runner (7) |
| SMYTHE | Folk tale in the Home Counties captured by strip cartoonist (6) |
| SNOOPY | Beagle in Charles M Schulz's comic strip Peanuts (6) |
| BEAGLE | Snoopy, fictitious dog in the Peanuts comic strip by Charles M Schulz, was this breed (6) |
| ALGORE | Losing candidate in the 2000 US presidential election (2,4) |
| HERG | Pseudonym of Belgian strip cartoonist Georges Remi (5) |
| HERGE | Pseudonym of Belgian strip cartoonist Georges Remi |
| PEANUTS | Strip cartoon by Charles M Schulz that ran from 1950-2000 (7) |
| BROWN | Principal character of the Charles M Schulz comic strip Peanuts, Charlie _ (5) |
| CHARLIEBROWN | Protagonist in the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M Schulz |
| IVE | "___ Been Traded for a Pizza?" (Charles M. Schulz book) |
| AWARMPUPPY | Happiness, to Charles M. Schulz |
| SAFIN | 2000 US Open winner Marat __ |
| ISA | "Happiness ___ warm puppy" (Charles M. Schulz quote): 2 wds. |
| LINUS | Charles M. Schulz drawn character |
| NADER | Ralph ___, 2000 US presidential candidate of the Green Party (5) |
| WEBB | Winner of 2000 US Women's Open, golf's Karrie ... |
| ALLYOUNEED | Start of a Charles M. Schulz quote |