| SOTS | Characters played by W. C. Fields, e.g. |
| WATER | Drink disparaged by W.C. Fields |
| STARTEVERY | Beginning of a quote by W. C. Fields |
| MRMAGOO | Cartoon character inspired by W.C. Fields |
| THELMA | One of the titular characters, played by Geena Davis, in a 1991 film directed by Ridley Scott (6) |
| OLDMEN | "Grumpy" characters played by Matthau and Lemmon |
| KILLERBEES | Characters played by Belushi and Aykroyd on "SNL" |
| EERIE | *Like characters played by Lon Chaney |
| KATHNKIM | Characters played by Jane Turner, Gina Riley (4,1,3) |
| CLONE | Any of the characters played by Tatiana Maslany in Orphan Black |
| ELSIETANNER | One of the original Coronation Street characters, played by Pat Phoenix |
| ELI | One of two There Will Be Blood characters played by Paul |
| MORALS | The characters played by jennifer saunders and joanna lumley in absolutely have very loose ones! (6) |
| ALICIA | Batgirl in Batman & Robin and Cher Horowitz in Clueless are characters played by this US actress (6,11) |
| KENS | Characters played by Ryan Gosling, Simu Liu, and Ncuti Gatwa, among others |
| ROYLE | Surname of Jim and Barbara, the characters played by Sue Johnston and Ricky Tomlinson in the classic sitcom which ran from 1998 until 2012 (5) |
| BEALESTREETBLUES | 1916 song by W C Handy named after a place in Memphis, Tennessee |
| STLOUISBLUES | US ice hockey team named after a famous song by W C Handy |
| OVALS | Cricket fields, eg |
| ZOMCOM | Movie with undead characters played for laughs |
