| MRBEAN | Hapless buffoon played by Rowan Atkinson, who first appeared in 1990 (2,4) |
| APU | TV small business owner who first appeared in 1990 |
| ECCLES | Buffoon played by Spike Milligan in The Goon Show |
| BENING | Annette, actress who appeared in 1990 film The Grifters (6) |
| THOMAS | Old maths problem for Mr Atkinson, who played Emmerdale's Lachlan (6) |
| ROWAN | First name of Mr Atkinson who played the title role in the 1980s show Blackadder (5) |
| EDMUND | First name of the character "Blackadder" played by Rowan Atkinson; or, the younger brother of Edgar in Shakespeare's King Lear (6) |
| HOLMES | Literary character who first appeared in print in The Strand Magazine in 1887 (6) |
| DALEKS | Extraterrestrial robots from the planet Skako who first appeared in BBC sci-fi series Dr. Who in 1963 (6) |
| HAUSER | German foundling, subject of a stage play by Peter Handke, who first appeared in Nuremberg market place in 1828 (6,6) |
| KASPAR | German foundling, subject of a stage play by Peter Handke, who first appeared in Nuremberg market place in 1828 (6,6) |
| POPEYE | Animated hero, created by Elzie Segar, who first appeared in the comic strip Thimble Theatre in 1929 |
| MENACE | Dennis The ____ , character who first appeared in The Beano comic in 1951 (6) |
| MINNIE | ____ The Minx, female rebel who first appeared in The Beano comic in 1953 (6) |
| TWEETY | Animated yellow canary seen in Looney Tunes who first appeared in A Tale of Two Kitties |
| RAISIN | Agatha ?, fictional creation of M C Beaton who first appeared in a 1992 mystery novel (6) |
| JESSIE | Cowgirl character who first appeared in Toy Story 2 (6) |
| SEXTON | ___ Blake, fictional detective who first appeared in 1893 |
| JOHNNY | ____ English, clumsy spy played on film by Rowan Atkinson (6) |
| STRONG | Mr ____ , egg-eating Mr Men character with a red square body who first appeared in 1976 (6) |
