| TBS | Where the cartoon series Close Enough appears |
| TOO | Tyler Perry series, "- Close to Home" |
| HOME | Jennifer Finnigan's legal series, Close to ... (4) |
| MELODIES | Word that follows Merrie to give the title of the cartoon series which was part of the Looney Tunes franchise (8) |
| BEDROCK | City in which the cartoon series The Flintstones was set (7) |
| ROSIETHEROBOTMAID | Automated housekeeper in the cartoon series The Jetsons |
| WILMA | Fred's wife in the cartoon series The Flintstones (5) |
| SQUIRREL | In the cartoon series The Rocky And Bullwinkle Show, Rocky was an animated version of this rodent |
| ANIME | Genre of the cartoon series "Sailor Moon" |
| DIBBLE | Officer --, character in the cartoon series 'Top Cat' (6) |
| ODIE | Dog on the cartoon series Garfield and Friends |
| NEARS | Gets close enough to point to the listeners |
| NUMSKULLS | 'The -', cartoon strip in The Beano, the eponymous characters living in people's heads (9) |
| LOONEY | With 10-Down, the cartoon series featuring the starred entries |
| RAPHAEL | Italian painter who, with his studio, executed the cartoons for the Acts of the Apostles series of tapestries (7) |
| SUGARSUGAR | Song originally recorded by the cartoon band the Archies (5,5) |
| DORA | "___ the Explorer" and the cartoon cousin of 50- |
| ASTRO | Dog in the cartoon, The Jetsons (5) |
| ESCUTCHEON | Coat of arms shield gets heard close enough after the start of Saskatchewan (10) |
| COMET | It exhibits a visible coma when close enough to the Sun (5) |
