| MADMAX | Film franchise in which the title character has been played by Mel Gibson and Tom Hardy (3,3) |
| EMMA | 1815 novel whose title character has been played by Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Beckinsale, and Anya Taylor-Joy |
| JOHNWICK | Film franchise in which The Wire star Lance Reddick played hotel concierge Charon: 2 wds. |
| ANGRYBIRDS | Video game franchise in which the enemies are pigs |
| MAX | Mad ___ (movie character played by Mel Gibson and Tom Hardy) |
| MURRAY | Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary depicted by Mel Gibson in The Professor and the Madman (6) |
| POIROT | Agatha Christie character who has been played by John Malkovich and David Suchet (6) |
| CARTER | Johnny _, Linda and Mick's son who has been played by three actors to date (6) |
| MARTINRIGGS | Character played by Mel Gibson in the Lethal Weapon film franchise (1987-98) (6,5) |
| WALLACE | William, Scottish national hero played by Mel Gibson in the 1995 film Braveheart (7) |
| WILLIAMWALLACE | Scottish independence leader played by Mel Gibson in the 1995 film Braveheart (7,7) |
| FURIOUS | Fast & ___, hit film franchise in which 14A has starred, the ninth is out this week (7) |
| MADAGASCAR | Animated comedy film franchise in which Marty the zebra is a leading character (10) |
| PEAGREEN | Colour of the boat in which the title characters leave in Edward Lear's The Owl and the Pussy-Cat (3,5) |
| OCTOPUSSY | 1983 film in which the title character is played by Maud Adams (9) |
| SING | Animated film franchise in which Matthew McConaughey voices an enterprising koala |
| DOCTORFOSTER | Nursery rhyme first published in the 19th Century in which the title character travels to Gloucester (6,6) |
| OHGOD | Movie in which the title character says "The last miracle I did was the 1969 Mets" |
| CHICKENLITTLE | Disney film in which the title character thinks the sky is falling (7,6) |
| AIDA | Opera title character who has been played by Maria Callas and Leontyne Price |
