| CAULFIELD | Holden, fictional character created by J.D. Salinger (9) |
| PETERPAN | Fictional character created by J M Barrie (5,3) |
| HARRY | - - - Potter, fantasy character created by J K Rowling (5) |
| ZUCKERMAN | Nathan ********* , fictional character created by Philip Roth (9) |
| DOCSAVAGE | Fictional character created by Lester Dent who first appeared in 1933 pulp novel The Man of Bronze |
| HILLBILLY | ___ Elegy, 2016 memoir by J D Vance (9) |
| GALADRIEL | Royal elf created by J R R Tolkien and played by Cate Blanchett in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film series (9) |
| THECATCHERIN | 1951 novel by J D Salinger whose protagonist is Holden Caulfield (3,7,2,3,3) |
| THERYE | 1951 novel by J D Salinger whose protagonist is Holden Caulfield (3,7,2,3,3) |
| CATCHER | ?The ___ in the Rye", novel by J.D. Salinger (7) |
| ESME | 'For -- with Love and Squalor', work by J. D. Salinger (4) |
| RYE | The Catcher in the ___ novel by J.D. Salinger |
| ELAINE | Short story by J.D. Salinger (6) |
| ANDZOOEY | see 17ac, 1961 book by J D Salinger (6,3,5) |
| FRANNY | see 17ac, 1961 book by J D Salinger (6,3,5) |
| CATCHERINTHERYE | The ___, novel by J D Salinger (7,2,3,3) |
| TARZAN | Fictional character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs (6) |
| KILGORETROUT | Fictional character created by Kurt Vonnegut (7,5) |
| HANNAY | Richard ---, fictional character created by Scottish novelist John Buchan (6) |
| ALI | Fictional character created by British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen ___ G |
