| SELVES | Facets of one's character |
| PANES | Sides of quadrangles; facets of cut diamonds; leaves of postage stamps in booklets; or, "lights" surrounded by window frames (5) |
| SIDES | The faces of a cube; or, the facets of a cut gem or of one's personality (5) |
| BEZEL | A grooved ring holding a lens, precious stone or watch crystal in its setting; a chamfer; one of the oblique facets of a cut gem; or, an indicator light on a car dashboard (5) |
| PERSONALITYTEST | Assessment of one's character and of supplied tyres' potentials (11,4) |
| MOULD | Word ranging from a baker's board, a jelly-maker's cast, a pudding-chef's dariole and a sculptor's matrix to the distinctive "physiognomy" of one's character and the crumbly earth of a grave (5) |
| ROSECUT | Showing many facets of Sue, unclothed (4-3) |
| FACTSHEET | Interpreting the facets of programme guide (9) |
| SELF | Part of one's character |
| PERSONA | Part of one's character perceived by others |
| PERSONAE | Aspects of one's character |
| SELFRESPECTING | Having a good opinion of one's character |
| AMETHYST | One showing sparkling facets of some drama met hysteria |
| MIEN | From the French for "facial expression", a literary word that refers to one's air, bearing or demeanour as a reflection of one's character/mood (4) |
| EXTRACTED | Part-time actor performed, sharing the role of one character picked out (9) |
| PANE | Word for a piece of cloth first, later a single sheet of glass or "light" in a window; a length of wall; a flat side; or, a facet of a cut diamond (4) |
| CARDSHARP | You won't get a good deal out of one character that's not natural |
| CULET | Bottom facet of a diamond |
| ASPECT | Facet of dreadful spa using shock therapy (6) |
| HUMANINTEREST | Heart-tugging facet of a media story [SIMONE] |