| UNCOMMONLY | My column on characters that get around unusually and not vulgarly either (10) |
| LETTERS | Characters that get addressed (7) |
| REVERENTLY | Relent, very unusually and respectfully |
| ASTRINGENT | A column on net transformation leaves sharp bitter taste (10) |
| COMPLEXION | First half of play in Mexico, after translation, taking on character |
| DEFAMATION | Attack on character |
| COLDFEET | Mike Bullen series based on characters Adam, Pete, Jenny, David, Karen (and originally Rachel) (4,4) |
| XMEN | Film series based on characters created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby (1-3) |
| PULLMAN | Author of His Dark Materials based on characters including Lyra and her demon Pan (7) |
| ETCETERA | Additive makes tree act unusually, and so forth (8) |
| WICKED | 2003 musical by US composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz based on characters from L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (6) |
| SNARK | The Hunting of the -; nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll based on characters with descriptions beginning |
| ACISANDGALATEA | Handel pastoral opera based on characters in Ovid's Metamorphoses |
| ITALICS | List CIA distributed giving the right slant on characters (7) |
| WIDESARGASSOSEA | Jean Rhys novel based on characters in Jane Eyre |
| TITANS | Clash Of The _, fantasy action film franchise based on characters from Ancient Greek mythology (6) |
| REMARKS | Comments on characters (7) |
| HANNIBAL | TV show based on characters from "Red Dragon" |
| AGASAGA | Alluding to the popularity among Middle Englanders of a brand of iron stove, a novel based on characters belonging to said social class (3,4) |
| DIACRITIC | Rejected support by detractor - that has a pronounced effect on character |
