| DEBORAH | Glasgow-born star abhorred upset about leading characters in Kurosawa's epic Ran (7,4) |
| KERR | Glasgow-born star abhorred upset about leading characters in Kurosawa's epic Ran (7,4) |
| SEVENSAMURAI | Akira Kurosawa's "epic primal myth that pulsates through cinema," per a headline in the Guardian |
| PROVERBS | Shows written about leading characters in Ray Bradbury book |
| ELCID | Heston portrayal unfortunately lied about leading character (2,3) |
| FARMANIMALS | Most of the leading characters in "Babe" |
| DETESTEDRUN | Abhorred cross-country event? |
| JOHNMOORE | Glasgow-born soldier, mortally wounded in Coruna, who commanded the English army in Spain from 1808- |
| KINGS | Leading characters in Kafka's Imperial Night generate sensational spot of drama in Glasgow (5) |
| AFFRIC | Leading characters in action film find romance in crisis in a glen (6) |
| RAMSAY | William ___, Glasgow-born winner of the 1904 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (6) |
| WHEELER | Sir Mortimer ___ (1896 - 1976), Glasgow-born archaeologist, knighted in 1952 (7) |
| PINKERTON | Allan ?, Glasgow-born founder of a US detective agency in 1850 |
| HARRY | And 30ac Renowned Glasgow-born photographer awarded a CBE in 2009 (5,6) |
| FEUD | Leading characters in final episode ultimately died in conflict (4) |
| OUTCOME | In Paris where leading characters in A Tale of Two Cities, for instance, produced result (7) |
| TASTE | Leading characters in Titus Andronicus spoil the ending in one sense (5) |
| STARWARS | Epic based in part on Kurosawa's "The Hidden Fortress" |
| BOYLE | Frankie ___, Glasgow-born stand-up comedian whose television credits include 8 Out of 10 Cats and Mo |
| ATTRACTION | 1980s group whose lead singer was Glasgow-born Eddi Reader (10,10) |