| ESTRAGON | Major character in Samuel Beckett's stage play Waiting for Godot; the French name for a common herb (8) |
| VLADIMIR | A Russian city; or, one of the characters in Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot (8) |
| POZZO | Master of Lucky in 1953 Samuel Beckett stage play Waiting for Godot (5) |
| ABSURD | Like the fact that (spoiler alert!) Godot never appears in the play "Waiting for Godot" |
| BECKETT | Who (Samuel ___) wrote the play Waiting for Godot? (7) |
| SAMUELBECKETT | Irish writer, dramatist and poet best known for his play, Waiting For Godot (6,7) |
| ODETS | Clifford ?, author of stage play Waiting for Lefty |
| LARRYHAGMAN | He portrayed a major character in the puzzle's title show; the circled entries show that character's initials |
| ASLAN | Major character in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrope by C S Lewis (5) |
| RADAR | Only major character in MASH portrayed by the same actor in the film and TV versions |
| MONKEYNUT | Alternate name for a common snack food, particularly when sold in its shell |
| THROSTLE | Old name for a common bird with a loud song (8) |
| SEAGULL | Common name for a common coastal bird |
| ERNEST | Central character in Samuel Butler's novel The Way Of All Flesh (6,8) |
| PONTIFEX | Central character in Samuel Butler's novel The Way Of All Flesh (6,8) |
| CALEB | -----Trask, a major character in John Steinbeck's novel East of Eden (5) |
| GODOT | 1953 Samuel Beckett play, Waiting For _ (5) |
| REA | Stephen who will perform in Samuel Beckett's "Krapp's Last Tape" at NYU's Skirball Center this fall |
| DEX | Street name for a common amphetamine |
| SEACALF | An old name for a common seal |
