| SMURFS | Blue cartoon characters (The ------) |
| SMURFY | Unusually cheerful, like certain blue cartoon characters |
| SLEDDER | Blue cartoon character (5); Hot ___ (drag racers) (7); Christmas ___ (the 25th) (3) |
| SMURF | Blue cartoon character whose main enemy is Gargamel |
| PAPASMURF | Bearded, blue cartoon character |
| FRANSTRIKER | US writer for radio and comics who co-created the characters the Lone Ranger and the Green Hornet (4,7) |
| ABBOT | Earliest characters, the two of them, removing the last one in order (5) |
| LENAS | Singer Horne and cartoon character the Hyena |
| POPEYE | EC Segar cartoon character, .. the Sailor |
| OSWALD | Early Disney cartoon character, ... the Lucky Rabbit |
| THOMAS | Popular kids' cartoon character, ... the Tank Engine (6) |
| DORA | Globetrotting cartoon character (---- the Explorer) |
| UGLY | Cinderella characters, the ... Stepsisters |
| LETTERS | They are characters, the landlords! (7) |
| LEGO | Animated film with construction toy characters, The ___ Movie (4) |
| SPEEDY | --- Gonzales, cartoon character, the fastest mouse in all Mexico (6) |
| AHEADFORFIGURES | American principal takes class briefly with characters - the type particularly good at mathematics (1,4,3,7) |
| ARIEL | Shakespearean character's the second character in King Lear, perhaps (5) |
| AGE | A cartoon character's might stay the same for the entire run of the show |
| ITCHY | Cartoon characters within The Simpsons (----- and Scratchy) |
