| FOZZIE | Muppets character who Christopher Finch described as "a sweetly insecure and absolutely terrible comedian" |
| ECCLESTON | Actor who played the Ninth Doctor in Doctor Who, Christopher ... (9) |
| PEA | A princess-detecting spherical legume, either green and served with a spoon, or black and grown into a sweetly fragrant pastel bloom (3) |
| DEADASADODO | Do add a dose - a shot - and absolutely no more |
| SCOOTER | You can ride this standing up (it's also the name of a Muppets character) (7) |
| RIGHTASRAIN | Conservative, like a god - popular and absolutely okay! (5,2,4) |
| MARIAH | Pop icon who has the best Christmas song and absolutely knows it |
| BOMBSHELL | Explosives - absolutely terrible? What a surprise (9) |
| AFROG | Q. "Kermit, the Muppets character, what is he?" A. "_ ___." |
| IHATEIT | "This is absolutely terrible" equivalent whose second word is the opposite of "love": 3 wds. |
| GONZO | Muppets character in the style of Hunter S Thompson, say (5) |
| NEEDYSLAPPER | Insecure and demanding game show contestant with a buzzer? |
| FIANCE | Starts to feel insecure and nervously calls editor... he's engaged (6) |
| STONY | Having a small boy and absolutely broke (5) |
| SAWALHA | Julia _, actress whose TV credits include Larkrise To Candleford and Absolutely Fabulous (7) |
| EKLAND | Swedish actress whose TV credits include Valley Of The Dolls and Absolutely Fabulous, Britt _ (6) |
| SWAN | Bird that looks graceful from far away and absolutely terrifying up close |
| ANGELICA | Wonderful girl in charge, a sweetly-decorative thing |
| ACUTE | A sweetly appealing type of accent (5) |
| SOAP | Old English word for a sweetly scented saponaceous lathering chandlerly cleanser that prevents one from smelling positively medieval (4) |
