| SYMBOL | Character such as glyph, pictograph or a musical note (6) |
| GLYPH | Pictograph or sculptured symbol (5) |
| REBUS | Puzzle that uses pictographs; or, Ian Rankin's detective character (5) |
| TONE | Character of a sound; quality or brilliance of a colour; or, a musical note as an alert on a phone (4) |
| NATURAL | Synonym of organic, pure or raw; a buff colour; a person of innate talent; a white piano key; or, a musical note, neither flat nor sharp, denoted J (7) |
| PHRASE | A manner or style of expression or diction; a group of words constituting a single element in the sentence; a catchword; or, a musical passage (6) |
| GROUCH | Character such as Sesame Street's Oscar (6) |
| APEMAN | Jungle-dwelling character such as Tarzan (6) |
| NEPETA | Writer backing a Greek character - such a bloomer! (6) |
| SONATA | What is a saloon model of Hyundai, or a musical piece for a solo instrument? (6) |
| AUBADE | Word for a sunrise song or a musical announcement of dawn (6) |
| SCARRY | Which Richard sold over 100 million books with characters such as Huckle Cat, Lowly Worm and Bananas Gorilla? (6) |
| MEDLEY | Cloth woven from yarn of mixed colours; swimming event that combines four different strokes; or, a musical potpourri (6) |
| BERCEUSE | From the French for "to rock", a cradle-song, hushaby or lullaby with which to gently sway a baby to sleep; or, a musical composition, such as Chopin's famous Op 57 soother, suggestive of such a baloo |
| NYMPH | Greek character such as a dryad or a naiad (5) |
| GLYPHS | Pictographs |
| TORSO | Word for a core, plant stalk or stump first, later the trunk of the human body; a nude statue of said corporal bole; or, a painting or a musical piece left short, truncated or unfinished (5) |
| LIGATURE | In printing, a character, such as ae, formed of two or more joined letters (8) |
| TOON | Character such as Daffy Duck or Roger Rabbit |
| NINJA | Stealthy character such as Scorpion or Sub-Zero in Mortal Kombat |
