| PHONOGRAM | Character representing a sound |
| EMOTICON | Series of typed characters representing a stylised face (8) |
| OBSCENICON | Term for the string of characters representing a swear coined by linguist Ben Zimmer |
| AMPERSAND | Character representing "and" (9) |
| ALTEREGO | In literary analysis, a character representing the author or their views (5,3) |
| EPSILON | Character representing energy to the Greeks |
| ANKHS | Egyptian hieroglyphic characters representing the word "life" (5) |
| BARRISTER | Lawyer representing a client In court at the behest of a solicitor (9) |
| SARTORIAL | Representing a tailor's? About right (9) |
| VICEREGAL | Relating to a colonial governor representing a monarch |
| IDEOGRAPH | Symbol representing a concept (9) |
| ASCIICODE | String representing a character |
| CARTOUCHE | Carved tablet representing a scroll with rolled-up ends (9) |
| PICTOGRAM | Graphic image representing a word or idea |
| CENTAURUS | Constellation representing a man-horse |
| PAYINGFOR | Suffering due to representing a team with no leader at the outset |
| COUNTER | A tally, teller, timer or totaliser; a tiddlywink or points-tracker; a token representing a coin; a kitchen top; a turnstile or till's table over which takeaways, teas or tickets are traded and legal |
| SCHEMA | In IT, a set of rules about a type of data, such as the presence of a grid and clues in a file representing a crossword |
| RING | In dendrochronology, a part of the cross-section of a tree trunk representing a single year's growth; or, an identity tag placed around a bird's leg (4) |
| SYMBOL | An emblem or ideogram, such as a musical note, pictorial icon on a map key/legend or a letter representing a chemical element (6) |
