| OMICRON | Calypso's exterior confused with minor character in Homer's Odyssey (7) |
| TELEMACHUS | Son of Odysseus and Penelope who is a central character in Homer's Odyssey (10) |
| LAERTES | Character in Hamlet who takes his name from the father of Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey (7) |
| CYCLOPS | One-eyed giant encountered in Homer's Odyssey. (7) |
| ELPENOR | In Homer's Odyssey, the youngest comrade of Odysseus who became drunk and fell off a roof (7) |
| CALYPSO | In Homer's Odyssey, a sea nymph who detained Odysseus on the island of Ogygia for seven years |
| FOIBLES | Minor character weaknesses (7) |
| ELYSIUM | Abode of the blessed dead in Greek mythology, 'where life is easiest for men' (Homer, Odyssey) (7) |
| ULYSSES | James Joyce's modern parallel to Homer's Odyssey (7) |
| QUINCE | Pear-shaped fruit or minor character in A Midsummer Night's Dream (6) |
| MEDEA | Minor character in Madeline Miller's "Circe" |
| OSRIC | Minor character in Hamlet, a courtier |
| GRUNDY | Mrs ___, narrow-minded person who began life as a minor character in Thomas Morton's 1798 play Speed the Plough |
| ELF | Minor character in fantasy? |
| ZEE | Minor character in Oz? |
| VLADIMIRNABOKOV | He named a minor character in his most famous work Vivian Darkbloom, an anagram of his name |
| BABYYODA | Minor character in "The "Mandalorian" |
| LION | Cowardly ___ (minor character in "Wicked") |
| LOTUSEATER | One indulging in pleasure and luxury, as described in Homer's Odyssey (5-5) |
| ACHILLES | He is the principal character in Homer's Iliad, son of Peleus, king of the Myrmidons in Thessaly and Thetis. He and his closest friend and lover, Patroclus, joined the Greeks in the Trojan War. Who is |
