| POLONIUM | Po, the central character in Teletubbies, participated in games |
| SUN | It had a baby face in "Teletubbies" |
| ENZA | Tributary of the Po, the border between Parma and Reggio Emilia (4) |
| PLAYED | Participated in games (6) |
| DOWNPLAYED | County participated in game called unimportant (10) |
| HOLDEN | ___ Caulfield is the central character in The Catcher in the Rye. (6) |
| SIMBA | "Lion" in Swahili; name of the central character in The Lion King. (5) |
| BILBOBAGGINS | Who is the central character in the The Hobbit? (5,7) |
| NATHANIEL | First name of the central character in The Last of The Mohicans |
| MARTYMCFLY | Who is the central character in the Back to the Future films? (5,5) |
| SMILEY | George ______ is the central character in many of the novels of the late John le Carre. (6) |
| BEAR | Chef Carmy Berzatto is the central character in the hit TV series The ___ (4) |
| BRENT | Name the central character in BBC comedy The Office. (5) |
| PROSPERO | The central character in The Tempest (1610 -11) |
| TOM | Who is the central character in The Water-Babies? (3) |
| IDIOT | Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin is the central character in The ____ |
| LITTLENELL | Nickname of the central character in The Old Curiosity Shop (6,4) |
| AUNTS | Theodora Goodman is the central character in this Patrick White novel, The ... Story (4'1) |
| LEAMAS | Alec ___, the central character in 7 17 5 14, played by Richard Burton in 1965 (6) |
| ALLO | Rene Artois was the central character in sitcom ___, ___. (4) |