| MARLEYSGHOST | Dickens character who says "I wear the chain I forged in life" |
| MARLEYSG | Fictional character who says "I wear the chain I forged in life" |
| WILKINSMICAWBER | Dickens character who says "Something will turn up" |
| EBENEZERSCROOGE | Dickens character who says "Bah!" (2 wds.) |
| MASHA | The Seagull character who says, "I dress in black to match my life. I am unhappy." |
| MARGE | TV character who says "I forgot to clean the lint basket in the dryer. If someone broke into the house and did laundry, it could start a fire" |
| GRADGRIND | Dickens character who asserts that "Facts alone are wanted in life" |
| ZAPPED | Petrol retailing chain I hear adopts small computer program put through the microwave (6) |
| ANI | Character who says "I will be the most powerful Jedi ever. I promise you, I will even learn to stop people from dying," for short |
| YERTLE | Kid-lit title character who says "I am the ruler of all that I see!" |
| LORAX | Character who says, "I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues" |
| MOUNTDOOM | Volcano where the One Ring was forged in 'The Lord of the Rings' |
| OLIVER | ____ Twist, Dickens character who said 'Please, sir, I want some more' (6) |
| BEADLE | Function of Dickens' character who declares 'the law is an ass' (6) |
| FIREDOG | I forged alloy in the hearth (7) |
| CORDILLERA | Chain I left among red coral at sea (10) |
| HOTELCALIFORNIA | Where Eagles dared? For a chain I tell nothing about that big hit! (5,10) |
| SILVER | Used in cloud-seeding to create rain and associated with the moon, a metal originally forged in supernova explosions that also exists dissolved in seawater (6) |
| ESME | Salinger character who says, 'I'm extremely interested in squalor' |
| AHAB | Fictional character who says "I now prophesy that I will dismember my dismemberer" |
