| MRHAPPY | Yellow character created by Roger Hargreaves (2,5) |
| BUMP | Mr ---, character created by Roger Hargreaves, prone to horrible accidents (4) |
| MRBUMP | Blue character created by Roger Hargreaves (2,4) |
| MRMEN | Children’s book series created by Roger Hargreaves |
| COLONELMUSTARD | Yellow character in the game of Clue |
| MSPACMAN | 1980s arcade game featuring a yellow character with a bow: 2 wds. |
| MINION | Yellow character in "Despicable Me" / Opposite of plus? (... letters 2 and 4) |
| HAPPY | Mr ____ , a bright yellow circle with a wide smile created in 1971 by Roger Hargreaves (5) |
| NOSEY | The fourth book in the Mr. Men series by Roger Hargreaves, Mr. _ (5) |
| STRONG | Mr ___, red Roger Hargreaves character (6) |
| TALL | Mr. ___, lofty Roger Hargreaves character (4) |
| BOSSY | Little Miss ___, Roger Hargreaves character (5) |
| TICKLE | Mr. -, Roger Hargreaves character with very long arms (6) |
| MEAN | Mr. ___, Roger Hargreaves character who gave his brother coal for Christmas (4) |
| NOSIY | Mr -; a Roger Hargreaves book (5) |
| HOW | Who mixed up educational programme created by Jack Hargreaves (3) |
| SPINNINGJENNY | Invention patented by James Hargreaves in 1770 (8,5) |
| JENNY | Spinning -; device invented by weaver and carpenter James Hargreaves (5) |
| SPINNING | Machine patented by James Hargreaves in 1770 that wound yarn onto more than one spindle at a time (8 |
| COTTON | Plant fibre whose production into textiles was revolutionised by inventors including Richard Arkwright, Samuel Crompton and James Hargreaves (6) |