| TTT | Mr. ___ (character in "The Martian Chronicles") |
| GREEDY | Mr. ___ , character in the second book of the Mr. Men series who lives in Roly-Poly House (6) |
| POTATOHEAD | Mr ____ , character in the Toy Story animated film series voiced by U.S. actor Don Rickles (6,4) |
| JIP | Mister ___, character in the Marvel comics Universe |
| BRADBURY | Ray ---, author of the books The Martian Chronicles and Dandelion Wine (8) |
| RAYBRADBURY | Author of "The Martian Chronicles" |
| RAY | *Bradbury of "The Martian Chronicles" fame |
| FEZZIWIG | Mr ___, character in Charles Dickens story A Christmas Carol for whom Scrooge worked as an apprentice (8) |
| ROARKE | Mr ___, character played by Ricardo Montalban in the TV series Fantasy Island |
| BOTANY | Featured star's character's specialty in "The Martian" |
| HAB | Living area in "The Martian," with "the" |
| EDNA | Evil ___; character in the form of a walking, talking television in the animated series narrated by Kenneth Williams, Willo the Wisp (4) |
| BEAN | Mr ___, character played by Rowan Atkinson (4) |
| EKO | Mr. ___ (Character on 2004 to 2010 stranded passengers series "Lost") |
| TOAD | Mr. ___ (character with a "Wild Ride" at Disneyland) |
| SOLS | Mars days, in 'The Martian' |
| NASA | US agency featured in "The Martian": Abbr. |
| SOL | Time unit in "The Martian" |
| ARES | Mission name in "The Martian" |
| XENON | Gas present in the Martian atmosphere |