| ANDYCAPP | Comic strip created by Reg Smythe in 1957 |
| GARFIELD | American comic strip created by Jim Davis (8) |
| LILABNER | Comic strip created by Al Capp |
| CAPP | Andy ...., cartoon character created by Reg Smythe (4) |
| ANNIE | Titular character of a US comic strip created by Harold Gray in 1924, played by Aileen Quinn in a 1982 film (5) |
| SANDY | Dog owned by Little Orphan Annie in the 1924-2010 comic strip created by US cartoonist Harold Gray (5) |
| PRINCEVALIANT | Arthurian comic strip created by Hal Foster in 1937 |
| THESMURFS | Comic strip created by the Belgian monist Peyo in 1968 (3,6) |
| DICKTRACY | Comic strip created by Chester Gould in 1931 |
| HOBBES | Calvin And ---, American comic strip created by Bill Watterson in the 1980s (6) |
| BLONDIE | Comic strip created by Chic Young in 1930 featuring the character Dagwood Bumstead |
| HAGARTHEHORRIBLE | American comic strip created by Dik Browne that first appeared in February 1973 |
| LITTLEORPHAN | Daily comic strip created by US cartoonist Harold Gray in 1924, printed until 2010 (6,6) |
| OYL | Last name of Popeye the sailor's love interest "Olive", in a comic strip, created by Elzie Crisler Segar (3) |
| PEANUTS | Comic strip created by longtime golf supporter Charles Schulz |
| TRACY | Dick ___ , U.S. comic strip created by Chester Gould (5) |
| BLOOM | ___ County (comic strip created by Berkeley Breathed) |
| SHOE | Comic strip created by Jeff MacNelly |
| SAD | "___ Sack" (WW2 comic strip created by George Baker) (3) |
| ORPHANANNIE | Little --- ---, former daily US comic strip created by Harold Gray (6,5) |