| THESAINT | Nickname of the fictional hero Simon Templar, created by British-Chinese author Leslie Charteris in the 1928 novel Meet the Tiger (3,5) |
| ZORRO | Pseudonym of the fictional hero Don Diego de la Vega (5) |
| BOLIVAR | South American hero Simon ___ |
| BUMPPO | Natty, the fictional hero of The Leatherstocking Tales by James Fenimore Cooper (6) |
| YIP | British-Chinese actor, David _ (3) |
| HARTLEY | Author Leslie Poles, whose novel The Go-Between opens with the line "The past is a foreign country" (7) |
| ODOM | "Failing Up" author Leslie ___ Jr. |
| HIR | Pronoun for "Stone Butch Blues" author Leslie Feinberg |
| TEMPLAR | Nicknamed 'The Saint', the Leslie Charteris character introduced in Meet The Tiger in 1928 was Simon |
| SAINT | Simon Templar, the Leslie Charteris detective character made popular on TV by Roger Moore, is also known as the ... |
| SIMON | --- Templar, fictional character created by Leslie Charteris, nicknamed The Saint (5) |
| FELUDA | Nickname of the fictional Bengali private investigator created by Satyajit Ray |
| SHAGGY | Nickname of the fictional character Norville Rogers in the US animated TV series Scooby-Doo |
| BRIDGETJONES | Fictional single female diarist created by British author Helen Fielding (7,5) |
| ELMER | Patchwork elephant in a children's picture book series created by British author David McKee (5) |
| SIMONTEMPLAR | Fictional character created by Leslie Charteris (5,7) |
| CRUSOE | Fictional hero whose first words are "I was born in the Year 1632, in the City of York..." |
| SUNTZU | Chinese author of The Art of War (3,3) |
| REACHER | Jack, fictional U.S. ex-military officer created by British thriller writer Lee Child (7) |
| TONICWATER | Carbonated soft drink first created by British army officers in India (5,5) |
