| RUPERTBEAR | Children's comic strip character, first published in 1920 (6,4) |
| RUPERT | -- Bear, children's comic strip character created by Mary Tourtel in 1920 (6) |
| PHILISTINE | Greek character first in line to be a barbarian (10) |
| DONALDDUCK | Walt Disney cartoon character first voiced by Clarence Nash (6,4) |
| CAPITALIST | Financier is a large character first (10) |
| HUGHLOFTING | This writer's first book about Dr Dolittle who could talk to the animals, was published in 1920 (4,7 |
| THISSIDEOFPARADISE | Published in 1920, F Scott Fitzgerald's debut novel |
| THEAGEOFINNOCENCE | Pulitzer Prize-winning Edith Wharton novel published in 1920 |
| DECORUM | Dulce et _ est, Wilfred Owen war poem published in 1920 (7) |
| BEANO | The ---, children's comic first published in 1938 (5) |
| DANDY | The ___, British children's comic, first published in 1937 (5) |
| ICE | Fire and ___ poem by Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Frost that was published in 1920 and inspired George R.R. Martin's book title |
| YOUTH | Anthem for Doomed ____ , poem by British war poet Wilfred Owen published in 1920 (5) |
| THEDANDY | Children's comic in which Korky the Cat first appeared (3,5) |
| DESPERATEDAN | Wild west character in children's comic The Dandy |
| THEBEANO | Children's comic in which character Lord Snooty appeared (3,5) |
| HELENFIELDING | Author whose best-known character first appeared in an anonymous column in The Independent in 1995 |
| EAGLE | British children's comic in which the character of Dan Dare was introduced on 14 April 1950 (5) |
| BBEAR | Children's TV character first seen in 1965, Humphrey ... ... (1,4) |
| STINKPOT | Unwholesome character first joins in retreat |
