| SHARP | Main protagonist of the 1848 William Makepeace Thackeray novel Vanity Fair (5,5) |
| BECKY | Main protagonist of the 1848 William Makepeace Thackeray novel Vanity Fair (5,5) |
| VANITYFAIR | 1848 William Makepeace Thackeray novel named after a location in John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress (6,4) |
| FAIR | William Makepeace Thackeray novel, Vanity ... |
| BECKYSHARP | Central character in 1840s W M Thackeray novel Vanity Fair |
| FAIRVANITY | William Makepeace Thackeray novel about a so-so bathroom cabinet? |
| THEHISTORY | 1850 William Makepeace Thackeray novel whose characters include Emily Fotheringay and Captain Costigan |
| THACKERAY | Surname of the author of the 1848 novel 'Vanity Fair' (9) |
| AMELIA | Wife of George Osborne in the William Thackeray novel Vanity Fair (6,6) |
| KETCHUM | Ash ___ fictional character in Pokemon franchise who is the main protagonist of the anime series |
| LISBETH | --- Salander, main protagonist of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and its sequels |
| MAHONEY | Main protagonist of the first four Police Academy films (1984-7) (7) |
| LARA | ___ Croft, main protagonist of the video game franchise Tomb Raider (4) |
| BRONTE | Anne_, author of the 1848 novel The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall (6) |
| ANNE | Author of the 1848 novel The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall, _ Bronte (4) |
| QUASIMODO | Main protagonist of Victor Hugo's 1831 novel The Hunchback Of Notre-Dame (9) |
| KATNISSEVERDEEN | Main protagonist of The Hunger Games |
| SIMBA | The main protagonist of Disney's The Lion King franchise (5) |
| INGRES | French painter of the 1848 Portrait of Baronne de Rothschild (6) |
| DOBBIN | William, character in the novel Vanity Fair (6) |
