| FRELENG | Friz ---, American animator known for his work on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons (7) |
| ELMERFUDD | Merrie Melodies cartoon character first featured by name in the 1938 short A Feud There Was (5,4) |
| DARN | "Smile, __ Ya, Smile!" (tune from a 1931 Merrie Melodies cartoon) |
| MERRIE | Looney Tunes and ___ Melodies |
| SLAPSTICKS | "Looney Tunes" and many other cartoons |
| AVERY | Tex ?, 20th-century US animator known for Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck (5) |
| BARBERA | 20th Century American animator and director who founded an animation studio with William Hanna (6,7) |
| OFROBIN | Richard Todd was the green-clad outlaw of Sherwood Forest in the 1952 film, The Story ... Hood And His Merrie Men (2,5) |
| ISADORE | Animator Friz Freleng's birth name |
| MELODIES | Word that follows Merrie to give the title of the cartoon series which was part of the Looney Tunes franchise (8) |
| COYOTE | Wile E. _ _ _ _ _ _, antagonist of the Road Runner in the Looney Tunes cartoon (6) |
| SPEEDY | _ _ _ _ _ _ Gonzales, the fast-moving animated cartoon mouse in the Looney Tunes series (6) |
| WILEE | First name and initial of the Looney Tunes coyote character (4,1) |
| JONES | Chuck -, American animator who wrote, produced and directed cartoons featuring Bugs Bunny and many others (5) |
| BUGS | Nickname of the Looney Tunes animator Ben Hardaway |
| SPACEJAM | Movie starring Michael Jordan and the Looney Tunes |
| ELMER | _ Fudd, always trying to shoot Bugs Bunny in the Looney Tunes (5) |
| ROADRUNNER | Wile E. Coyote's rival in the Looney Tunes series (4,6) |
| IWERKS | Ub ___, American animator whose creations include Flip the Frog and Willie Whopper (6) |
| JOSEPH | 20th Century American animator and director who founded an animation studio with William Hanna (6,7) |
