| MANKINI | Swimwear item popularised by the title character in 2006 film Borat (7) |
| DAVYJONES | Bill Nighy's character in 2006 film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (4,5) |
| SACHA | 2006 film Borat! producer and star, ----- Baron Cohen (5) |
| BRA | Swimwear item |
| COSSIE | Swimwear item, informally (6) |
| HIDALGO | Lower rank of the Spanish nobility, famously borne by the title character of Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote (1605-15) |
| GROCKLE | Popularised by the 1964 lm The System, a word used by some Devonians to describe a holidaymaker (7) |
| HIGHTEA | Informal meal popularised by the Duchess of Bedford, who began the tradition in 1840 (4,3) |
| MEMOIRS | ___ of a Woman of Pleasure, book better known by the title Fanny Hill (7) |
| BARNETT | Samuel ******* , actor who played Posner in 2006 film 'The History Boys' (7) |
| SOLANGE | Played Camille in 2006 film Bring It On: All or Nothing, - Knowles (7) |
| BEEHIVE | Hairstyle popularised by the Ronettes |
| THELOSTARK | Object of a quest by the title character; it may be found in each of the starred entries |
| MRTCEREAL | 1980s breakfast food eaten by the title character in Pee-Wee's Big Adventure |
| CENTRALPERK | Coffee house frequented by the title characters of the 1994-2004 US sitcom Friends (7,4) |
| ESMERALDA | Gypsy girl loved by the title character of Victor Hugo's The Hunchback Of Notre- Dame (1831) |
| HOFFA | Hollywood's Writers Guild went on strike last week; this 1992 Jack Nicholson movie features a Teamsters' strike organized by the title character |
| MATER | Character in 2006 animation Cars voiced by Larry the Cable Guy (5) |
| HUDSON | Doc ____, character in 2006 animated film Cars voiced by Paul Newman (6) |
| LYND | Character in 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale, Vesper ---- (4) |