| PAPERBAG | With 16-Across, Munsch title character who's a resourceful, young royal |
| PRINCESS | Munsch title character who's a resourceful young royal |
| THOMAS | Munsch title character with a brown snowsuit |
| HARRYPOTTER | Title character who's a student |
| MEND | To darn a sock, fix a door or perhaps cobble a shoe, as advised by a resourceful 1940s domestic slogan about making do (4) |
| MACGYVER | Richard Dean Anderson starred in this series featuring a resourceful hero |
| BESS | Opera title character who's initially in a relationship with Crown |
| LLOYDGEORGE | Prime Minister's dolly thrown with young royal (5,6) |
| DOUG | Nickelodeon title character who's friends with Skeeter |
| RATTY | Wind in the Willows character who's a bit of a prat, typically (5) |
| VISHNU | Half-a-dozen be quiet before Greek character who's a deity (6) |
| BRAIDS | Munsch book with family members arranging hair |
| IMSOEMBARRASSED | Titular cry of shame in a Robert Munsch classic |
| PINCER | A nipper, young royal, displacing king |
| NEMO | 2003 film title character who's supposed to be Darla's eighth birthday present |
| DAYCARE | Nursing and changing starts for Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, acclaimed young royal arrival (3,4) |
| EARP | Wynonna ___ (Syfy title character who's descended from marshal Wyatt) |
| TUTTUT | Young royal repeated expression of disapproval (3-3) |
| LAYLA | Song title character who's "got me on my knees" |
| PRINCELOUIS | Young royal whose cheeky antics stole the Platinum Jubilee celebrations (6,5) |
