Personality is first to get fair amount of the basics and a number of the elements (15)

I believe the answer is:

characteristics

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(Other definitions for characteristics that I've seen before include "marks" , "features" , "Parts" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and the Irish Times.

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