| Altruistic | 10 |
| Worthy of a TV movie, perhaps | 29 |
| Worthy of a medal | 17 |
| Like many rescues | 17 |
| Like brave deeds | 16 |
| Deserving of a medal | 20 |
| What heartthrob seems to girls | 30 |
| Very courageous | 15 |
| Type of poem or deed | 20 |
| Risking one's life for another | 34 |
| Like some stanzas and rescues | 29 |
| Like some couplets | 18 |
| Like rockers in videos | 22 |
| Like Odysseus or Theseus | 24 |
| Like Alvin York | 15 |
| Like a Bronze Star recipient | 28 |
| Kind of couplet | 15 |
| An adjective for St. Patrick | 28 |
| Joan of Arc, e.g. | 17 |
| Jane Eyre, e.g. | 15 |
| Jane Eyre, for one | 18 |
| Lead, often | 11 |
| Clarice Starling, e.g. | 22 |
| Xena or Sheena | 14 |
| Wonder Woman, for one | 21 |
| Woman of bravery | 16 |
| TV's Buffy, e.g. | 20 |
| Thelma or Louise | 16 |
| Tess, to Hardy | 14 |
| Sheena or Xena | 14 |
| Scout of "To Kill A Mockingbird," e.g. | 48 |
| Sandra Bullock role, e.g. | 25 |
| Romance novelist's creation | 31 |
| Princess Leia, e.g. | 19 |
| Portia or Viola, e.g. | 21 |
| Portia or Rosalind | 18 |
| Pearl White, always | 19 |
| Nancy Drew or Joan of Arc | 25 |
| Melodrama focus | 15 |
| Lorna Doone, e.g. | 17 |
| Juliet or Viola | 15 |
| Juliet or Portia | 16 |
| Juliet or Cordelia | 18 |
| Gallant girl | 12 |
| Female star | 11 |
| Evangeline or Anna Karenina, e.g. | 33 |
| Emma, for one | 13 |
| Emma or Jane Eyre | 17 |
| Emma or Evangeline | 18 |
| Certain saver | 13 |
| Cartland creation | 17 |
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer, e.g. | 30 |
| Brave woman | 11 |
| Women of distinction | 20 |
| Leading ladies | 14 |
| Some protagonists | 17 |
| Pitcher, Nightingale et al. | 27 |
| Pauline and Nancy Drew | 22 |
| Main female characters | 22 |
| Ligeia and Lenore, e.g. | 23 |
| Juliet and Cordelia | 19 |
| Female protagonists | 19 |
| Batgirl and Wonder Woman | 24 |
| Anna Karenina and others | 24 |
| Gallantry | 9 |
| Reason for a medal | 18 |
| Reason for a D.S.C. | 19 |
| Reason for awarding a D.S.C. | 28 |
| One reason to get a cross | 25 |
| Lifesaving act, e.g. | 20 |
| Firefighters' quality | 25 |
| Alvin York's claim to fame | 30 |
| Act of saving a life, e.g. | 26 |
| Graceful bird | 13 |
| Long-billed bird | 16 |
| Marsh denizen | 13 |
| Egret's cousin | 18 |
| Leggy beach wader | 17 |
| Stork's relative | 20 |
| "Great blue" bird | 27 |
| Ibis's cousin | 17 |
| Ibis' cousin | 16 |
| Great blue wader | 16 |
| Great blue bird | 15 |
| Cousin of a hammerhead | 22 |
| Bittern | 7 |
| Umbrette's relative | 23 |
| Swamp avian | 11 |
| Long-legged fisher | 18 |
| It has an S-shaped neck | 23 |
| Great blue ___ | 14 |
| Egret, e.g. | 11 |
| Bittern, e.g. | 13 |
| "Great blue" marsh bird | 33 |
| White bird | 10 |
| Wetland predator | 16 |
| Wading fisher | 13 |
| Wading bird with an S-shaped neck | 33 |
| Umbrette's cousin | 21 |
| Tiger bittern | 13 |