| SANDY | Dog owned by Little Orphan Annie in the 1924-2010 comic strip of that name by US cartoonist Harold Gray (5) |
| ODIE | Dog who solved a sudoku puzzle in a 2010 comic strip |
| ARF | Sound made by Little Orphan Annie's dog |
| LITTLEORPHAN | Daily comic strip created by US cartoonist Harold Gray in 1924, printed until 2010 (6,6) |
| ANNIE | Daily comic strip created by US cartoonist Harold Gray in 1924, printed until 2010 (5) |
| ALISTROKER | Actress who won a Tony for her role as Ado Annie in the 2019 Broadway revival of Oklahoma!: 2 wds. |
| IDENTICALTWIN | Sibling like Hallie or Annie in "The Parent Trap" |
| OLIVEOYL | Comic-strip character created by US cartoonist E. C. Segar in 1919; originally the girlfriend of Harold Hamgravy (5,3) |
| ABRAHAMS | Immortalised in the film Chariots Of Fire, the 100m winner in the 1924 Olympics in Paris was Harold |
| DARTAGNAN | Companion of The Three Musketeers in the novel of that name by Dumas (9) |
| ARAMIS | One of The Three Musketeers in the novel of that name by Alexandre Dumas (6) |
| ADADOOM | Owner of Cold Comfort Farm in the novel of that name by Stella Gibbons (3,4) |
| EPPIEC | Young girl looked after by Silas Marner in the 1861 novel of that name by George Eliot |
| DOOM | Ada -, owner of Cold Comfort Farm in the 1932 novel of that name by Stella Gibbons (4) |
| EPPIECASS | Young girl looked after by Silas Marner in the 1861 novel of that name by George Eliot |
| LURCH | Butler in the 1938-88 comic strip The Addams Family, created by US cartoonist Charles Addams (5) |
| LIDDELL | Immortalised in the film Chariots Of Fire, the 400m winner in the 1924 Olympics in Paris was Eric .. |
| GNASHER | Dennis the Menace's pet dog in the eponymous comic strip of The Beano (7) |
| GONERIL | Eldest daughter of King Lear in the play of that name by William Shakespeare (7) |
| ROSINANTE | Horse of Don Quixote in the book of that name by Miguel de Cervantes (9) |
