| FRELENG | Friz -, animated cartoon director who created characters Yosemite Sam and Speedy Gonzalez (7) |
| FRIZFRELENG | Animated cartoon director who created Yosemite Sam and Speedy Gonzalez (4,7) |
| JONES | Chuck ?, animated cartoon director who created characters Wile E Coyote and Marvin Martian |
| UPSURGE | A fast and speedy move or rise (7) |
| CHUCKJONES | Animated cartoon director who created the characters Wile E Coyote and Road Runner (5,5) |
| TEX | And 21 Ac. American animated cartoon director who created Daffy Duck (3,5) |
| ISADORE | Animator Friz Freleng's birth name |
| AVERY | American animated cartoon director who created Daffy Duck (3,5) |
| MAXFLEISCHER | Cartoonist who created characters Koko the Clown and Betty Boop |
| OSMAN | Richard, TV presenter and crime writer who created character Joyce Meadowcroft (5) |
| JACKKIRBY | US comic book artist who co-created characters Captain America and The Hulk |
| MELBLANC | American voice actor who played Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam and Daffy Duck (3,5) |
| BEARDS | Features common to Yosemite Sam and Uncle Sam |
| ARROW | Superhero series with the characters Black Canary and Speedy (5) |
| THICKANDFAST | Slow and speedy and following one after the other (5,3,4) |
| IWERKS | U.B., animated-cartoon director of various Mickey Mouse films including 1928's Plane Crazy (6) |
| REDHEADS | Yosemite Sam and others |
| ARRIBA | "Hands up for Mexican standoff?" says Speedy Gonzalez (5,6) |
| ROADRUNNER | The one more favoured than Speedy Gonzalez for any marathon athlete? (4,6) |
| FLEET | What Speedy Gonzalez might have made of that sluggish Spanish armada? (5) |
