| DUROY | Georges ___, central character in 1885 novel Bel-Ami by Guy de Maupassant (5) |
| GEORGESDUROY | Central character in the 1885 novel Bel-Ami by Guy de Maupassant (7,5) |
| SHARP | Becky ___, central character in the W M Thackeray novel Vanity Fair (5) |
| BRENT | David ____, central character in The Office |
| RICCI | Actress who stars alongside Kristin Scott Thomas and Uma Thurman in Bel Ami, Christina ___ (5) |
| BELAMI | 1885 novel by Guy de Maupassant |
| CANTO | Ann Patchett's novel "Bel ____" |
| AMI | "Bel ---", novel by Guy de Maupassant (3) |
| ATRESS | "_____ of Hair" (short story by Guy de Maupassant) |
| YVETTE | 1884 short story by Guy de Maupassant |
| MAUPASSANT | French writer of the classic novel Bel-Ami |
| LEAMAS | Alec __, central character in The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (6) |
| DRAPER | Don ___, central character in the TV series Mad Men, played by Jon Hamm |
| SHELBY | Tommy __, central character in Peaky Blinders, played by Cillian Murphy (6) |
| FI | Atticus _____: central character in To Kill a Mockingbird. (5) |
| GAMACHE | Chief Inspector Armand ___ (Central character in Louise Penny's Quebec-set mystery novels) |
| KINGSOLOMONSMINES | 1885 novel by Sir Henry Rider Haggard (4,8,5) |
| LIME | Harry ___ (central character in "The Third Man") |
| DALGLEISH | Adam ____, central character in many P D James novels |
| ABSOLUTE | Sir Anthony ____, central character in The Rivals |
