Possible Clues:

• One who continues in spite of opposition
• What's cast demanding? His great loyalty!
• Old fogey's daughter that's lacking sensitiveness
• Stick-in-the-mud
• Backer of a losing cause
• What a Republican achieved must inspire reactionary
• Movie franchise starring Bruce Willis
• One resisting change: Hera did somehow
• Car battery brand
• Ultra-conservative theologian takes in Ireland on the beer briefly