| Villain on hire at resort (8) |
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| 2022 No. 1 hit for Taylor Swift |
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| Villain in a story (8) |
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| 2022 #1 hit for Taylor Swift |
New York Times |
07 Apr 2024 |
| Literary rascal perhaps cracked up on the air |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
09 Mar 2024 |
| Winston Smith may be another one |
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| Flawed protagonist - one featuring in another novel |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
20 Feb 2024 |
| Unconventional leading character ? one in another form |
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| Central character not fulfilling expectations (8) |
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| Dubious protagonist |
Newsday |
28 Dec 2023 |
| Protagonist in a drama or narrative who lacks conventional heroic attributes (8) |
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| Donald Trump was 2016's Person of the Year, though viewed as an ___ by many Americans |
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| Character like Heathcliff or one in another novel |
The Times Cryptic |
12 Dec 2023 |
| Nontraditional protagonist |
Premier Sunday |
10 Dec 2023 |
| Divisive frontman's Another One Bites the Dust (8) |
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| 2022 Taylor Swift hit song |
Eugene Sheffer |
27 Nov 2023 |
| Say Tom Ripley broadcast on the air |
The Sun Two Speed |
26 Nov 2023 |
| Less noble protagonist |
The Sun Two Speed |
26 Nov 2023 |
| "It must be exhausting always rooting for the ___" (Taylor Swift lyric) |
New York Times |
29 Oct 2023 |
| Flawed protagonist |
The Times Concise |
02 Oct 2023 |
| Flawed but relatable protagonist |
New York Times |
16 Apr 2023 |
| Perhaps Rupert Pupkin's on the air, somehow |
The Guardian Cryptic |
09 Dec 2022 |
| Flawed protagonist |
Universal |
04 Oct 2022 |
| Protagonist with questionable morals |
Universal |
15 Aug 2022 |
| Catwoman or Harley Quinn, e.g |
Universal |
11 Jun 2022 |
| Literary character, another I altered |
The Times Cryptic |
12 Apr 2022 |
| Suspicious at Iron Man going in with bad guy |
The Guardian Quiptic |
15 Nov 2021 |
| Film noir protagonist |
The Washington Post |
20 Oct 2021 |
| Film noir protagonist |
LA Times Daily |
20 Oct 2021 |
| Unconventional protagonist of another novel about India |
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| Central character such as Walter White |
Universal |
25 Jul 2021 |
| Troublemaking protagonist |
Family Time |
18 Apr 2021 |
| Unconventional star upset before hit national shows |
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| Another lead character in iconoclastic novel? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
11 Nov 2020 |
| Ignoble lead character |
The Times Concise |
28 Oct 2020 |
| Maybe Flashman broadcast on the air |
The Sun Two Speed |
24 Aug 2020 |
| Less noble protagonist |
The Sun Two Speed |
24 Aug 2020 |
| Flawed protagonist |
USA Today |
18 Aug 2020 |
| I'll appear in another novel, perhaps |
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| Negative figure in drama, ultimately, or in the novel |
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| Flawed protagonist |
Universal |
17 May 2020 |
| Hamlet, for one, is another complex, absorbing character before Juliet |
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| Flawed character broadcasting on the air |
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| John Wick, e.g |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Dec 2019 |
| I, another? (anag) |
The Guardian Speedy |
07 Jul 2019 |
| Bad guy you root for |
LA Times Daily |
08 May 2019 |
| Bad guy you root for |
The Washington Post |
08 May 2019 |
| Not-so-noble protagonist |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 Apr 2019 |
| Unlikable principal |
Newsday |
16 Mar 2019 |
| Say Tom Ripley broadcast on the air |
The Sun Two Speed |
03 Mar 2019 |
| Many a Clint Eastwood role |
New York Times |
17 Jan 2019 |
| Many a Clint Eastwood role |
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| Bad guy you root for |
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| Hit back, punching a notorious Roman baddie |
The Telegraph Toughie |
20 Dec 2018 |
| Unlikable protagonist |
Universal |
07 Dec 2018 |
| Anchorite not about to turn into undignified leading character |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
10 Nov 2018 |
| Leander certainly wasn't this central character |
The Telegraph Toughie |
11 Oct 2018 |
| Role model he ain't, or otherwise |
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| Say Flashman broadcast on the air |
The Sun Two Speed |
10 Jul 2018 |
| Shady protagonist, perhaps |
Premier Sunday |
03 Jun 2018 |
| Jay Gatsby, notably |
Newsday |
05 May 2018 |
| Another novel about one such as Shylock? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
02 Apr 2018 |
| Unlikable protagonist |
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| One far from admirable character or another I upset |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
22 Oct 2017 |
| ... this person occupying a throne corruptly -- Macbeth, say? (8) (an extra task for solver) |
The Telegraph Toughie |
08 Sep 2017 |
| Gordon Gekko or Rooster Cogburn |
New York Times |
08 Apr 2017 |
| One kidnapped by another monstrous villain |
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| One kidnapped by another monstrous villain |
The Times Cryptic |
29 Mar 2017 |
| Gordon Gekko or Rooster Cogburn |
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| Film noir protagonist |
LA Times Daily |
13 Oct 2016 |
| Told relative to get his companion nothing from that unconventional play-actor |
Irish Times Crosaire |
10 Aug 2016 |
| Sounds like relative to Cu Chulainn isn't a conventional protagonist |
Irish Times Crosaire |
26 Feb 2016 |
| Unlikely protagonist |
Universal |
15 Feb 2016 |
| Film noir protagonist |
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| Unlikely protagonist |
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| Hamlet, for example, is another one in torment |
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| Novel character |
Universal |
02 Oct 2015 |
| Walter White on "Breaking Bad," for one |
LA Times Daily |
02 May 2015 |
| One held by another wrestling champion that's booed? |
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| Central figure that's not unusual being into hare coursing |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
10 Jan 2015 |
| Protagonist with likability issues |
USA Today |
01 Jan 2015 |
| Walter White on "Breaking Bad," for one |
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| Novel character |
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| Protagonist with likability issues |
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| Actor, not really antagonistic to the lead player |
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| Nontraditional protagonist |
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| Uncourageous protagonist |
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| Captain Jack Sparrow, e.g. |
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| Atypical protagonist |
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| Mad Max or Dirty Harry |
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| Tony Soprano, for one |
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| Flawed protagonist |
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| Questionable lead |
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| Shady character, perhaps |
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| Willy Loman, for one |
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| Clark Kent, for one |
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| Character lacking courage |
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| Protagonist with likability issues |
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| Cool Hand Luke, for one |
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| See 9-Down |
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| Raskolnikov in "Crime and Punishment," e.g. |
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| Dirty Harry or Tony Soprano |
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| Film noir protagonist |
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| Yossarian in "Catch-22", e.g. |
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| Dirty Harry, notably |
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| Leopold Bloom, e.g. |
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| Dirty Harry, notably |
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| Bad guy you root for |
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| Unlikely protagonist |
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| Dirty Harry or Cool Hand Luke |
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| Protagonist found lacking |
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| Yossarian in "Catch-22," e.g. |
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| Dirty Harry, e.g. |
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| Unlikable protagonist |
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| Harrison Ford on film, often |
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| Either lead in "Easy Rider," e.g. |
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| Unlikely protagonist |
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| Unlikely protagonist |
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| Unworthy protagonist |
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| Willy Loman, for one |
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| Unlikely protagonist |
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| Unlikely protagonist |
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| Unexpected protagonist |
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| Novel character |
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| Lucky Jim, for one |
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| Nontraditional protagonist |
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| Don Quixote or Leopold Bloom |
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| Protagonist of a sort |
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| Literary nonachiever |
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| Protagonist in fiction |
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| Drama character |
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| Pop character of the current scene. |
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