| BETELGEUSE | Almost homophonic real name for Michael Keaton’s character in a 1988 comedy horror film |
| GLASTO | Informal name for Michael Eavis's annual summer festival hosted on his land at Worthy Farm, Somerset (6) |
| WANDA | Name of a fish in a 1988 comedy |
| OWN | Title character in a 1988 John Cleese film |
| WORMWOOD | Matilda, book-loving girl and title character in a 1988 novel by Roald Dahl (8) |
| REG | Elton's real name, for short |
| POG | Real name for ALL MY CHILDREN'S Cobra |
| AMERICA | New Arctic - real name for Costa Rica, Panama, etc? (7,7) |
| CENTRAL | New Arctic - real name for Costa Rica, Panama, etc? (7,7) |
| CHRISTINADRAYTON | Katherine Hepburn’s character in the film Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner |
| OVER | The relationship between Chas Dingle and "s character in Emmerdale is __ (4) |
| NEBULA | Karen Gillan' s character in the Guardians of the Galaxy films (6) |
| AUNTVIV | Familiarly, Janet Hubert’s character in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air |
| TRAINS | Planes, ___ And Automobiles, a 1988 comedy film starring Steve Martin (6) |
| DONNA | Laura Prepon;s character in That '70s Show, ___ Pinciotti (5) |
| MARKCORRIGAN | David Mitchell’s character in the sitcom Peep Show |
| HYACINTHBUCKET | Patricia Routledge’s character in Keeping Up Appearances |
| ROYBATTY | Rutger Hauer’s character in Blade Runner |
| JOEYTRIBBIANI | Matt LeBlanc’s character in Friends |
| MARGOLEADBETTER | 5D’s character in the sitcom The Good Life |
