| REDSKELTON | One of his characters was punch-drunk boxer Cauliflower McPugg |
| SEINFELD | One of his characters was a fiend, Les (8) |
| EAR | Boxer's cauliflower ... |
| HENRYFONDA | His character was the lone dissenter in the 11-1 jury vote in "12 Angry Men" |
| ZEUXIS | Greek painter has one of his characters seized by father of twenty three |
| SUNDANCE | Which film festival was founded by Robert Redford and named after one of his characters? (8) |
| CHATTER | Talk Carroll initially gave to one of his characters (7) |
| EURIPIDES | Old dramatist's peculiar ire used to inspire one of his characters |
| MANAND | Novel description of Methuselah, plus six of his characters |
| THESEA | Novel description of Methuselah, plus six of his characters |
| THEOLD | Novel description of Methuselah, plus six of his characters |
| CHEVYCHASE | For unclear reasons, this "SNL" alum bailed on the May 2020 Zoom reunion episode of "Community"; it did, however, feature the funeral of his character (Pierce) |
| PRYOR | One of US comedian Richard ____'s best-known characters was Mudbone, a wino philosopher from Tupelo, Mississippi |
| OGHAM | What ancient British and Irish alphabet of 20 characters was formed by parallel strokes on or across a line? (5) |
| PUNK | Punch drunk going around with one of the Rocks (4) |
| RIGHT | To head off clever characters was the correct thing to do (5) |
| HINDERS | Make him rend his characters if he holds one up (7) |
| CHESTERTON | Author of a series of stories featuring his character Father Brown including The Blue Cross, The Purple Wig, The Green Man and The Red Moon of Meru (10) |
| SCOTTISH | Caledonian author and his characters (8) |
| BARONCOHEN | Who is this - famed for his characters, including Borat and Ali G? |
