| MSPACMAN | Female protagonist in a video game of the same name |
| HADES | God who says "Nobody gets out of my domain, whether alive or dead" in a video game of the same name |
| HEROINE | Female protagonist in a novel or movie (7) |
| MORTALKOMBAT | 1995 American fantasy action film based on the video game of the same name with characters like Liu Kang and Johnny Cage: 2 wds. |
| PINOCHLE | A meld of the jack of diamonds and queen of spades in a beziquelike game of the same name (8) |
| CHRISTINE | Who is the female protagonist in The Phantom of the Opera? (9) |
| ELDER | The ___ Scrolls V: Skyrim, one of the best-selling video games of the 2010s |
| QUOITS | Rings for encircling hobs or pegs in a game of the same name; or, megalithic cromlechs or dolmens such as any of those in Cornwall including the "giant's house" (6) |
| EARNSHAW | Maiden name of Catherine Linton, the female protagonist in Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights (8) |
| ANASTASIASTEELE | Female protagonist in the Fifty Shades Of Grey trilogy (9,6) |
| CONKERS | Nut-like fruits or seeds of the horse chestnut used in a traditional playground game of the same name that formerly used snail shells (7) |
| BATTLEDORE | A hornbook; an old paddle for washing clothes etc; or, a racquet for striking a shuttlecock in an ancient game of the same name (10) |
| DOMINO | This cultivar of Wisteria floribunda is a small rectangular block, used in playing the game of the same name! (6) |
| BOWLS | From Latin for "bubbles", globes or orbs, such as the biased wooden specimens used in a game of the same name; or, a Scots word for marbles (5) |
| LAIR | Dragon's ___ (hit video game of the 1980s) |
| RASH | Road ___ popular bike racing video game of the 90's |
| GRANDTHEFTTO | Popular video game of the late 1990s |
| HERO | A real or fictional man of distinguished bravery; a demigod; a champion; or, the leading male actor or protagonist in a film or novel (4) |
| PEDRO | A 5, from the game of the same name* |
| SNAP | Word exclaimed in a traditional card game of the same name (4) |
