| HERO | The male lead returned beforehand (4) |
| ELDER | Some red lead returned to the tribal chief (5) |
| BACKSIDE | Bottom team returned beforehand |
| KEEL | Howard, actor who played the male lead in the 1953 film Kiss Me Kate (4) |
| GERE | Who played the male lead in An Officer And A Gentleman? (4) |
| CORT | Bud ___, actor who played the male lead in 1971 comedy-drama film Harold and Maude (4) |
| SETH | 20 and 9 Actor-comedian who played the male lead in 2008 romcom Zack and Miri Make a Porno (4,5) |
| WARD | Fred ---, actor who played the male lead in 1990 biopic Henry & June who died in May (4) |
| PETRUCHIO | The male lead in Shakespeare's The Taming Of The Shrew (9) |
| LEXBARKER | Actor who played the male lead in action films Tarzan and the She-Devil and Tarzan and the Slave Girl |
| NICK | *Male lead in "The Prince of Tides" |
| ROGEN | Actor comedian who played the male lead in 2008 romcom Zack and Miri Make a Porno (4,5) |
| KAYE | Male lead in our Christmas movie |
| MEDAL | The male lead is out to get an award (5) |
| MATURE | Victor ___, actor who played the male lead in 1949 film drama Samson and Delilah (6) |
| DORNAN | Which Northern Irish actor plays the male lead in Fifty Shades of Grey? (6) |
| ORLANDO | A city in Florida, a comic cat, or the male lead in As You Like It? (7) |
| WAGNER | Robert, actor who played the male lead in TV series Hart To Hart (6) |
| SWAYZE | Patrick, male lead in the film Dirty Dancing (6) |
| EMILE | Male lead character in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific, ... de Becque |
