| IRISH | Like Behan |
| BRENDAN | Author Behan |
| BORSTALBOY | LBO for Brendan Behan? |
| QUARE | Brendan Behan play, The ___ Fellow |
| THEHOSTAGE | 1958 Brendan Behan play (3,7) |
| SUPREMEBEING | Principal heard Behan near enough made everything up from nothing (7,5) |
| BATTLEOFWITS | Wilde has words with Behan in Siege of Limericks? (6,2,4) |
| POETICLICENCE | With Behan in charge of piece of paper to sell drink, it gives one permission to make something diff |
| HOSTAGE | "The ...", 1958 play by Brendan Behan (7) |
| TOHIM | "A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens __ ___", quote attributed to Brendan Behan. (2,3) |
| CHARLIE | ___ Behan, actor who plays his namesake Mr Dean in Hollyoaks (7) |
| YEAH | Sure, Behan regularly visited Youth Hostel (4) |
| THEQUARE | 1954 stage play by Brendan Behan (3,5,6) |
| FELLOW | 1954 stage play by Brendan Behan (3,5,6) |
| AFTER | Short story by Brendan Behan (5,3,4) |
| THEWAKE | Short story by Brendan Behan (5,3,4) |
| THEQUAREFELLOW | Play by Brendan Behan (3,5,6) |
| LEG | 'Richard's Cork ---', unfinished play by Brendan Behan (3) |
| SEENA | "... like you've just ___ ghost!" |
| ABEE | "... sting like ___" |
