Possible Clues:

• "Miniver Cheevy" poet Edwin Arlington __
• Sugar Ray —, US boxer
• Insular character showing plenty of spark, we hear
• Birds on Jack, they say, in an instant?
• Mary ..., ... Crusoe
• — Crusoe, castaway
• Birds on course, maybe from Selkirk
• 'Lost in Space' surname
• 'Swiss Family --'
• Symbol of 8 regularly scorns TV presenter