| TURPIN | Ben ___, cross-eyed silent movie comedian who died in 1940 (6) |
| BENTURPIN | Cross-eyed silent-movie actor who died in 1940 (3,6) |
| BUSTER | Nickname of of the silent movie comedian Joseph Frank Keaton (1895-1966) |
| SQUINT | Look in a cross-eyed way (6) |
| SKELLY | Scots term for cross-eyed (6) |
| GARBLE | Sing "Gladly the cross-eyed bear," say |
| LANSBURY | George ___, Labour Party leader from 1932-35 who died in 1940 (8) |
| ERIC | British sculptor, typographer and engraver who died in 1940 (4,4) |
| KLEE | Paul, Swiss painter who died in 1940 (4) |
| BORGE | Victor ___, Danish pianist and comedian who died in 2000 (5) |
| CORBETT | English comedian who died in 2016, Ronnie ... (7) |
| HOPE | Bob, London-born US film and stage comedian who died in 2003 aged 100 (4) |
| BOBHOPE | London-born US film and stage comedian who died in 2003 aged 100 (3,4) |
| ERNIEWISE | Late British comedian who died in 1999 (5,4) |
| ASKEY | Arthur -, bespectacled Liverpudlian comedian who died in 1982 (5) |
| SPIKE | ___ Milligan, British-Irish comedian who died in 2002 (5) |
| DICKEMERY | British comedian who died in 1983 whose characters included blonde bombshell Mandy (4,5) |
| DRAKE | English slapstick comedian who died in 2006, Charlie ----- (5) |
| BURNS | George, US comedian who died in 1996 aged 100 (5) |
| BRUCE | Lenny, U.S. satirical comedian who died in 1966 (5) |
