| THREELITTLEPIGS | Novel Pi tells involving tiger -the protagonists in a battle for survival (5,6,4) |
| QVC | Loser to Via-com in a battle for Paramount |
| INHERITANCE | Rich teen in a battle for family money (11) |
| DICE | Cubes with pips for board/gambling games or for making decisions by the protagonist in a Luke Rhinehart novel (4) |
| HAGAR | Character in the Book of Genesis, also the protagonist in a cartoon series by Dik Browne (5) |
| EPICURUS | A religious hypocrite (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere) |
| SPINSTERS | "___ are rarely the protagonists in the English novel, but they are oddly abundant in its margins." (2017 essay in The Conversation) |
| ELIZABETHBENNET | The protagonist in Jane Austen's 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice (9,6) |
| FRODO | Cousin of Bilbo Baggins who is one of the protagonists in The Lord of the Rings (5) |
| BARENECESSITIES | They're required for survival |
| FIVE | There are ___ subspecies of tiger. The Bengal tiger, South China tiger, Indochinese tiger, Sumatran tiger and Amur tiger which is also known as the Siberian tiger |
| SPAGHETTI | Foodstuff shared by the protagonists in Disney's 'Lady and the Tramp' when they first share a kiss (9) |
| RHETT | First name of one of the protagonists in Gone with the Wind (5) |
| MOREL | Family name of the protagonists in Sons and Lovers (5) |
| RICO | One of the protagonists in Barry Manilow's Copacabana. (4) |
| CHARLIE | One of the protagonists in "Heartstopper" |
| LIVELY | Author of Moon Tiger, The Road to Lichfield and a number of children's books, including A Stitch in Time and The Ghost of Thomas Kempe (6) |
| LIGON | When a lion mates with a female tiger the hybrid of that union is known as a ___ |
| HERO | A real or fictional man of distinguished bravery; a demigod; a champion; or, the leading male actor or protagonist in a film or novel (4) |
| TABLEAU | Nearly a battle for gold in the picture (7) |
