| DESPERATEDAN | Mascot of the comic magazine The Dandy (9,3) |
| BEANO | Comic magazine: The ----- (5) |
| YANKEEDOODLE | Rough sketch by American heading for the "Dandy"? (6-6) |
| PAULMCCARTNEY | In 2012, when the last ever printed copy of The Dandy was issued, who was depicted singing one of his songs, accompanied by 50 of the comic's characters? (4,9) |
| THEBEANO | British comic magazine whose characters include Roger the Dodger (3,5) |
| GAY | Like most readers of the magazine The Advocate |
| STEELE | Sir Richard --, co-founder of the magazine 'The Spectator' (6) |
| FANTASTICFOUR | Lee/Kirby team featured in the self-described "World's Greatest Comic Magazine!" |
| NEWYORKER | A person from the Big Apple may read the local magazine, The ... (3,6) |
| DUDE | The dandy is a failure before the start of the examination (4) |
| THOR | Superhero with a hammer who appeared in the first issue of the comic book The Avengers |
| MONGO | Planet ruled by Ming the Merciless in the stories of the comic strip hero Flash Gordon (5) |
| THEDANDY | British children's comic magazine launched in 1937 that featured Desperate Dan (3,5) |
| HELGA | Wife of the comic strip character Hagar the Horrible (5) |
| MOE | One of the comic trio The Three Stooges |
| SMETANA | Bedrich _, Czech composer of the comic opera The Bartered Bride (7) |
| HUEY | Protagonist of the comic strip "The Boondocks" |
| TRUE | "___ Love Confessions" (old comics magazine for girls) |
| WEBB | Sidney, British economist and social historian who co-founded the magazine The New Statesman with hi |
| MENCKEN | H L ?, Baltimore-born writer; co-founder of magazine The American Mercury in 1924 |
