| SCOOBYDOO | Velma is among the lead characters in this animated franchise (6-3) |
| REDDEADREDEMPTION | John Marston is the lead character in this Rockstar video game |
| GREASE | Sandy Olsson was a lead character in this 1978 musical film (6) |
| BUGSBUNNY | This animated figure made his debut in A Wild Hare in 1940 in which he first uttered the immortal li |
| TEARSHEET | In 2.4, this character in this tavern confronts Pistol by saying, "By this wine, I'll thrust in your mouldy chaps an you play the saucy cuttle with me." |
| FAMILYGUY | Seth McFarlane created this animated sitcom centred on a dysfunctional family who live in Quahog, Rhode Island (6,3) |
| MATTSMITH | Actor who played the lead character in Doctor Who from 2010-2014 (4,5) |
| KIDNAPPED | David Balfour is the central character in this Robert Louis Stevenson adventure novel |
| ANTINOVEL | Ann and Violet, characters in this story (9) |
| MEN | Gary and Tony are the lead characters in |
| GAY | Like the lead characters in Love Simon and Love Victor |
| MINNESOTA | Masculine bar very much in character in this state |
| STEVENSON | Edinburgh author's novel Orbiter Lost on Venus contains Scots and English lead characters (6,5,9) |
| SID | Akash, Sameer, and ___, the three lead characters in the coming-of-age film Dil Chahta Hai |
| STORKS | They didn't deliver babies in this animated feature (6) |
| SOLAR | Lead characters in sitcoms often laugh at readers of The Sun |
| TACKLE | Grapple with story about lead characters in Citizen Kane (6) |
| ELM | Something shady about film studio swapping lead characters in story and movie (3,4) |
| TREE | Something shady about film studio swapping lead characters in story and movie (3,4) |
| COMELY | Good-looking lead characters in Carry On movies - everybody loves you! (6) |
