### Clue: Scarecrow left on stick, attracting insect, with zero going around up top (6,8)
### Answer: WORZEL GUMMIDGE 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Scarecrow
 [ L(abbrev. for "left") **placed above**(on, in a down clue) GUM(to stick using, well, gum/glue) **plus**(attracting) MIDGE(an insect, viz. a small two-winged fly) ] **placed below**(… up top, in a down clue) [ W(abbrev. for "with") + **anagram of**(… going around) ZERO ].
Defn: … who came to life in a series of children's books.