| TWEEDLEDEE | The second to speak of two characters in Through the Looking Glass, often depicted as 24 |
| TWEEDLE | ... dum and ...dee, characters in Through the Looking Glass (7) |
| ORATOR | He speaks of two alternatives around a centre of lectern (6) |
| RED | *The ___ Queen, regal chess character in "Through the Looking Glass" |
| SEPAL | Second to speak comes in closer for flowery bit |
| OPPOSER | Second to speak, having problem after work |
| SERAPHS | In theology, members of the highest order of angels in the celestial hierarchies, often depicted as the winged head of a child (7) |
| TWEEDLEDUM | One of the two funny little fat men in 'Through the Looking-Glass' (10) |
| CARPENTER | Tradesman who, in Through the Looking-Glass, "wept like anything to see such quantities of sand" (9) |
| TAILOR | Either of two characters in "The Emperor's New Clothes" |
| MARCHHARE | (GKN) Character in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland who reappears in Through the Looking-Glass called Haigha (5,4) |
| MAHERSHALAALI | First black actor to win two Oscars in the same category and only the second to win two competitive Oscars: 2 wds. |
| NOUGHT | Love one of two characters in game (6) |
| LEBOWSKI | Surname of two characters in a 1998 cult comedy classic |
| ANNE | One of two characters in "Six" |
| FROMRUSSIAWITHLOVE | The second in the James Bond film series, and the second to star Sean Connery |
| TWEEDLEDUMANDTWEEDLEDEE | The chapter before Wool and Water in Through the Looking Glass |
| UNICORN | Lion's combatant for the crown, in "Through the Looking-Glass" |
| HUMPTYDUMPTY | Nursery rhyme character who appears in Through the Looking-Glass (6,6) |
| CHORTLE | Word for a gleeful chuckle coined by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking-glass (7) |
