| SLEIGHBELLS | He sells glib characters, as if they're Santa's ringers! (6,5) |
| OBLIGE | Once outside, glib characters come to the party |
| DOORBELLS | Barbies, consuming sorbet endlessly for ringers! (9) |
| ONTHE | (& 5-down) Aboard the ringer! Quickly! (2,3,6) |
| TOTALRECALL | 1990 action film featuring the same characters as the film "Collateral"? |
| ESTATEAGENT | He sells property and car to a nice chap (6,5) |
| TOBACCONIST | He sells packs of basic cotton for spinning |
| GREENGROCER | Avocado, perhaps, and, it's said, more disgusting fruit he sells |
| NAMEDROPPING | Casually speak about famous people as if they're your friends (4,9) |
| DOGWOODS | Trees that sound as if they're named for canines |
| BARR | Jessie and Thomas sound as if they're in the pub (4) |
| MEERKATS | They sound as if they're only felines, but they're ground squirrels (8) |
| BROOD | Some chicks look as if they're moping (5) |
| DAYS | Nine wonder at them sounding as if they're stunning (4) |
| MRROBOT | USA drama whose episode titles all start with "eps" (as if they're computer filenames): 2 wds. |
| HOZIER | The musician sounds as if he sells socks |
| SEIZE | Get hold of third-rate characters, as you might say? (5) |
| BLAXPLOITATION | Stereotypical movies featuring characters as in fleeing Biloxi plantation (14) |
| CLOSEKNIT | Chapter introducing Tolkien's assorted characters as strongly-linked |
| INSTEAD | Detains shifty characters as an alternative (7) |
