| LADYBRACKNELL | Earnest character, an aristocrat going to Berkshire town (4,9) |
| DREADING | Apprehensive about daughter going to Berkshire town (8) |
| EERIE | Aristocrat going topless? That is weird (5) |
| STYLED | Called - went first to Berkshire home? (6) |
| OMAHA | Nebraska city that's home to Berkshire Hathaway |
| EAST | Point to Berkshire, Devon or Sussex clubs (4) |
| BRAY | Barnaby periodically comes to Berkshire village |
| FAULT | From "to deceive", a word for a lack or failing, such as a defect of character; an error; culpability; or, a fracture (5) |
| ZETA | Foreign character, an alien in South Africa (4) |
| HELOT | He joins a biblical character, an old slave |
| EXTROVERT | Text madly about unsettled character, an outgoing sort (9) |
| ROLE | Part or character an actor plays in a performance / function or office |
| PARVENU | Quietly rave about Greek character, an upstart |
| ERSATZ | Monarch posed with unknown character, an inferior type |
| THORN | Old character an irritation when in one's side |
| PAUL | A Pokemon character, an apostle from Tarsus - or a Guardian crossword setter? (4) |
| BATMAN | Comic book character, an officer's personal servant |
| NUCLEON | Particle identified by Greek character, an Athenian demagogue |
| RUTHEVERSHED | Spooks character, an MI5 intelligence analyst, played by Nicola Walker |
| ALICE | Dilbert character, an engineer with a distinctive triangular hairstyle |
