| TIMON | Pumbaa's friend in The Lion King |
| NALA | Simba's female friend in "The Lion King" |
| TIMONABOA | *Pumbaa's way of saying, "Look out for that squeezing snake!" to his meerkat buddy? |
| WILSON | Name shared by a prime minister, a president, the author of The Old Men at the Zoo and a fictional castaway's friend in the form of a volleyball (6) |
| RATTY | Mole's friend in The Wind in the Willows (5) |
| FATTOAD | Name and description of Rat and Mole's rich friend in The Wind in the Willows (3,4) |
| LENNY | The binoculars in Toy Story and Karl's friend in The Simpsons |
| CHINA | A church, in the end, had a friend in the Far East (5) |
| DOLLY | ___ Bantry, Miss Marple's friend in The Body in the Library (5) |
| INFORMALLY | Put friend in the picture in a relaxed way |
| SAM | Frodo's friend in "The Lord of the Rings" |
| DEACON | Doug's best friend in The King of Queens (6) |
| AMIGO | Friend in the past stealing the heart of Hamish (5) |
| BARNEY | Fred's best friend in the animated sitcom The Flintstones |
| DUB | Call friend in the U.S. from the south (3) |
| AMATEUR | A friend in the Golden River for the love of it? (7) |
| SPENCES | Superlawyer Gerry, and Doug's friend in "The King of Queens" |
| HADDOCK | This captain is Tintin's best friend in the comic book series The Adventures Of Tintin |
| COUNT | - Fosco; Sir Percival's friend in The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins (5) |
| ASIMPLE | Anna Kendrick plays a blogger who tries to solve the disappearance of her best friend in the black comedy, ___ Favour (1,6) |
