| EBEN | Main character's first name in Edwin Arlington Robinson's poem "Mr. Flood's Party" |
| NEWLAMPS | Offer from wicked sorcerer, possibly Mr Flood's pal (3,5,3,3) |
| FOROLD | Offer from wicked sorcerer, possibly Mr Flood's pal (3,5,3,3) |
| CORY | Edwin Arlington Robinson's Richard |
| MINIVER | Edwin Arlington Robinson's Cheevy |
| EDNA | "Diff'rent Strokes" character's first name |
| HAN | "Star Wars" character's first name |
| JULIA | Character (first name) in Motherland (5) |
| AMANDA | Character (first name) in Motherland (6) |
| ANNE | Character (first name) in Motherland (4) |
| LOENGARD | Dark Skies character. First name was John. |
| KANJI | Characters first seen in Kyushu and neighbouring Japanese islands (5) |
| BAZAAR | Sale in pub invaded by extreme characters first of all |
| SPHERE | Square's visitor from Spaceland, in Edwin Abbott's "Flatland" |
| LIED | Told a tale showing origins of love in 'Edwin Drood' (4) |
| STAG | Animal depicted in Edwin Landseer's "The Monarch of the Glen" |
| PRINTED | It's the Public Relations in Edwin that's caused it to be published (7) |
| NATURES | Essential personal characters first seen after the natural world (7) |
| TOPAZ | Best characters, first and last, producing a gem |
| EAT | Cook's invitation in the Greek character's first letter gets pulled up (3) |
