| SEARCHPARTIES | Hunt character got leads in every sense following The Fugitive (6,7) |
| FBIMOSTWANTED | Procedural following the Fugitive Task Force |
| STRAIGHTFLUSHES | Hands just level with heads in every sense (8,7) |
| OVERSTEP | Go beyond disgruntled voters to get leads in every poll (8) |
| ETHAN | ___ Hunt, character played by Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible (5) |
| GUINEA | Mostly smart, in a sartorial sense, following golfers in Africa (6) |
| RAVENOUS | Hungry for common sense following illegal disco (8) |
| JONBONJOVI | Singer who plays the ex-husband of Helen Hunt's character in "Pay It Forward" |
| MAPES | Shadout --, Linda Hunt's character in the 1984 film 'Dune' (5) |
| TOMMYLEEJONES | The Fugitive actor who was an All-Ivy football selection at Harvard: 3 wds. |
| ALIBI | The greatest character got a blackeye, we're told, but he had an excuse (5) |
| MADHATTER | Irrational character got stuff initially confused (3,6) |
| MUTATE | A Greek character got a gallery to have a change of policy (6) |
| EEYORE | Gloomy character got notes long ago (6) |
| VILLAINOUS | Wicked, bad character got round you and me |
| CHARMER | An attractive character got an amulet with little hesitation (7) |
| IOTA | Greek character got into chariot afterwards (4) |
| TOPDOG | Leading character got pod to work (3,3) |
| OMNIPOTENTGODS | Cook Powerful characters got demon in spot (10,4) |
| GENTLE | Moderate characters got some urgent lessons (6) |
