| PHRENOLOGY | Determination of a person's character by the shape of the skull (10) |
| CRANIOGNOMY | Assessing character by the shape of the skull |
| SUSS | Try to work out a situation or person's character by intuition (4) |
| SENTENCING | Determination of a guilty person's punishment by a judge or magistrate (10) |
| TORTELLINI | Pasta inspired by the shape of Venus' navel, according to legend |
| SETTLEMENT | The determination of a dispute with Hamlet for instance |
| PRIVATEEYE | Solver Tommy, character by the sound of it? (7,3) |
| INDEX | Thought to have been inspired by the shape of a feathered arrow, a typography symbol in the form of a pointing hand, also called a manicule (5) |
| RESOLUTION | The determination of scope image quality (10) |
| MANORMOUSE | Questions determination of big house to get a computer connection (3,2,5) |
| QUIRK | A peculiar aspect of a person's character or behaviour (5) |
| REDKITE | Milvus milvus, a bird of prey easily recognised by the shape of its tail |
| ASSESSMENT | Determination of market value |
| STRENGTHS | Positive aspects of a person's character (9) |
| TEA | Drink of character, by the sound of it |
| TEE | Peg is a character, by the sound of it (3) |
| BLOT | A stain made by ink, paint etc; or, by extension, a blemish on a person's character or reputation (4) |
| CALIBER | Quality of a person's character |
| SELF | Part of a person's character |
| SMEATON | Civil engineer whose revolutionary design of the third candlelit Eddystone lighthouse in Devon was inspired by the shape and strength of the oak tree (7) |
