| ETH | Old character made this to some extent (3) |
| ESSAYIST | Barnes, say, is this to some extent (8) |
| TOADEGREE | Amphibian, for example, at lake demonstrates this to some extent |
| ESTA | This, to some |
| ASH | What made this blonde a dumb blonde? (3) |
| CON | Mark Mitchell made this character famous on The Comedy Company (--- the Fruiterer) |
| RUM | Initially really uncouth men made this strong drink |
| DNA | Custom made: This unique double helix is the stuff of genes (abbr.) |
| SKA | Toots and the Maytals made this kind of music |
| RAN | Kurosawa made this between Kagemusha & Dreams. |
| DAME | Pantomime character made to perform |
| NORMANGUNSTON | This character made Garry McDonald famous (6,7) |
| ADAMANDEVE | Bible characters made Nevada conversion (4,3,3) |
| HEADLINE | Big, bold characters made to swallow ecstasy and some coke |
| SGTBILKO | 1996 film where Steve Martin plays a character made famous by Phil Silvers in the 1950s (3,5) |
| SAINT | Leslie Charterisdetective character made popular portrayed by Roger Moore, Simon Templar also known as this holy person |
| OEUVRE | Odd characters made redundant, some free to accept a type of light work (6) |
| GNOCCHI | Dumplings with gravy, noodles or cold starters Greek character made |
| HEROD | A biblical character made her do wrong (5) |
| ADHOMINEM | Attacking an opponent's character made him no different (2,7) |
