| PROSPERO | A wizard in the novel 'The Face in the Frost' by John Bellairs (8) |
| LEOPARDESSES | Sorcery of a wizard in the end so peerless, the ladies spotted? (12) |
| ORB | Round object "pondered" by a wizard, in a meme |
| RAKES | They hit folks in the face in the lesser Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie. |
| NAOMICAMPBELL | British supermodel who hosted the modeling reality show "The Face" in the 2010s: 2 wds. |
| LAURA | "The face in the misty light" |
| NARRATOR | Holden Caulfield has this role in the novel The Catcher In The Rye (8) |
| LOSTFACE | What is a term for the face in Cockney rhyming slang? (4,4) |
| PETERPAN | Boy who first appeared in the novel 'The Little White Bird' (5,3) |
| FOOTREST | Low stool for treating a toe the frost got (8) |
| SETFORTH | Start a journey, though the frost is awful! (3,5) |
| GOLDBLUM | He's playing the wizard in "Wicked" |
| SORCERER | Wizard in silly errors round church (8) |
| GANDALF | The wizard in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit movies (7) |
| MAESTROS | Wizards in class join up (8) |
| BLUSH | From "burn, light a fire, shine", a reddening of the face in response to discomfiture; a rosy glow; pale rose wine; a pinkish tinge; or, a group of boys, peaches or redbreasts (5) |
| ATHOS | One of the title characters in the novel The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas (5) |
| BOLEYN | Dan --, a character in the novel 'The Apes of God' by Wyndham Lewis (6) |
| DEEP | Computer in the novel The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams (4) |
| THOUGHT | Computer in the novel The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams (7) |
