| MARPLE | Miss ......, a character created by Agatha Christie in 1927 (6) |
| POIROT | Hercule ___ , a fictional character created by Agatha Christie (6) |
| ARIADNE | -------Oliver, character created by Agatha Christie (7) |
| BOURNE | First in a film series based on a character created by Robert Ludlum, The ___ Identity (6) |
| MUPPET | A character created by Jim Henson such as Kermit the Frog or Miss Piggy (6) |
| HERCULEPOIROT | Fictional detective created by Agatha Christie in the 1920 novel The Mysterious Affair at Styles (7,6) |
| PHASMA | Stormtrooper captain played by Gwendoline Christie in the Star Wars franchise beginning with 2015's The Force Awakens (6) |
| MADAMS | Like Julie Christie in McCabe & Mrs. Miller and Helen Mirren in Love Ranch (ahem). |
| ABATES | Declines to identify who starred with J. Christie in "Far From the Madding Crowd" (6) |
| ANDTHENTHEREWERENONE | The world's best-selling mystery novel written by Agatha Christie in 1939 under a different title (3,4,5,4,4) |
| THREEBLINDMICE | Short story by Agatha Christie in the incredible novel enthrals many (5,5,4) |
| MYSTERIOUS | The - Affair at Styles; novel by Agatha Christie in which she introduces the detective Hercule Poirot (10) |
| POPPINS | Statue in Ashfield Park of a character created by P. L. Travers (4,7) |
| MISSMARPLE | Fictional detective created by Agatha Christie, played on screen by Margaret Rutherford, Angela Lansbury, Geraldine Mcewan, and others (4,6) |
| MISS | Crime solver created by Agatha Christie (4,6) |
| PLUM | Victoria -; English cultivar of a damson-like fruit; or, a character created by Angela Rippon (4) |
| NODDY | Name a character created by Enid Blyton (5) |
| THEADVENTURESOFTINTIN | 2011 Steven Spielberg computer-animated film featuring a character created by cartoonist Hergé |
| ROLLO | 1980 animated series about a character created by David McKee |
| KING | 1980 animated series about a character created by David McKee |