| AARDVARK | Otis the _, puppet who hosted Children's BBC (8) |
| RAT | Roland _, puppet who was a fixture of 1980s morning television (3) |
| OTIS | _ the Aardvark, puppet who hosted Children's BBC from 1994 to 1999 (4) |
| LION | Lenny the _, puppet with ventriloquist Terry Hall (4) |
| MEAT | Alt-rockers The ___ Puppets |
| ROLANDRAT | The puppet who was the saviour of the ailing TV-am network in 1983 (6,3) |
| ANDI | Children's BBC host who presented from The Broom Cupboard, ___ Peters (4) |
| GILBERT | ___ the Alien, puppet who appeared on the 1980s children's show Get Fresh (7) |
| PINOCCHIO | When You Wish Upon A Star was the Oscar-winning song from this animation based on the Italian story of a puppet who became a real boy |
| ROLAND | TV presenting puppet who rose to fame in the Eighties alongside pal Kevin the Gerbil, - - - Rat (6) |
| EDD | --- the Duck, puppet who appeared in CBBC'S Broom Cupboard (3) |
| BRUSH | Fox puppet who has appeared on TV since the 1960s, Basil _ (5) |
| BASILBRUSH | Puppet who first appeared in the 1960s (5,5) |
| SWEEP | Cocker spaniel puppet who joined The Sooty Show in 1957(5) |
| ANDYPANDY | Puppet character who gave his name to a children's BBC TV series first aired in 1950 (4,5) |
| PETERS | Children's BBC presenter of the 1990s, Andi _ (6) |
| ORTIS | ___ Deley, former host of Children's BBC and The Gadget Show (5) |
| ELISHA | Otis the elevator inventor |
| GIGIO | Topo ___, puppet on "The Ed Sullivan Show" |
| FLAT | _ Eric, puppet who had a hit two decades ago (4) |
