| INITIALLY | Just leading characters, to start with |
| INANYCASE | Whatever happens to one, Granny has easy character to start managing (2,3,4) |
| SECRET | Small island's last character to start mystery (6) |
| ROUNDUP | Gather when boxer is just leading? (5,2) |
| OVERWRITE | Ended audience's privilege to add new characters to script? (9) |
| ADULTERER | Alert rude characters to the one playing around (9) |
| UPLANDERS | Sort of characters to spurn dale? (9) |
| ORGANISED | Arranged for grandiose characters to turn up (9) |
| SCAVENGER | One finding and keeping such odd characters to meet Nemesis, perhaps (9) |
| TRADESMEN | Need smart characters to be shopkeepers |
| RINGFENCE | Use of money for a certain purpose for fringe characters to develop knocked often (4-5) |
| BALLONDOR | Cunningly, Orlando Bloom's ignores last three characters to get 14Ac's award (6,3) |
| PICA | Type with ten characters to the inch |
| ALPHABETISATION | Getting characters to conform to order (15) |
| ACT | Soap stars do this to bring their characters to life (3) |
| WHEEDLE | Persuade leading well-heeled characters to change places |
| TEAM | Side with characters to repudiate a movement (4) |
| ARDOUR | Arrange, in short, with grim characters, to show enthusiasm (6) |
| OGLE | Go back with the French characters to cast amorous glances (4) |
| CLOSETO | Coolest characters to be friends with (5,2) |
