| ALADDIN | Famous character in the Arabian Nights tales (7) |
| HIPPOPOTAMUS | Deploying map, I pop south to find famous character in Africa (12) |
| ALIBABA | Character in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments who discovers the treasure of the Forty Thieves (3,4) |
| ROC | Elephant-carrying mythical bird described in the Arabian Nights tales (3) |
| CARPET | Magic -; form of transport in one of the Arabian Nights tales or the Disney film Aladdin (6) |
| ARABIAN | ___ Nights, tales told by Scheherazade (7) |
| ALLADIN | Get a boy in, reportedly, in the Arabian nights (7) |
| SINBAD | Which sailor is the hero of one of the Arabian Nights tales? (6) |
| BECKETT | His most famous character is never performed in modern theatre (7) |
| ALI | - Baba, hero of the Arabian Nights tales who outsmarts 40 thieves (3) |
| CHAPLIN | Charlie - - -, English comic actor and film director whose most famous character was The Tramp (7) |
| DRACULA | Bram Stoker's most famous character (7) |
| COLONEL | Famous character invented by cartoonist David Low (7,5) |
| MACLARY | Mystery author's most famous character (5,7) |
| SHIRLEY | PEI: Lucy Maud Montgomery's famous character, Anne ___ |
| AAMILNE | Author whose most famous character is introduced as Edward Bear |
| NOTABLE | Famous characters don't have enough power to act (7) |
| AHMED | Princely brother of Hussain and Ali, in an "Arabian Nights" tale |
| SCHEHEREZADE | Narrator of the One Thousand and One Nights tales |
| CHARLIECHAPLIN | English comic actor and film director whose most famous character was The Tramp (7,7) |
