| TOMLIN | Surname of US comedy actress Lily |
| DEVITO | Surname of US comedy actor Danny (6) |
| GOLDIE | ___ Hawn, US comedy actress (6) |
| DAWSON | Surname of US actress Rosario (6) |
| STREEP | Surname of US actress Meryl (6) |
| OSMOND | Surname of US musical family of Merrill, Jay, Donny, Jimmy and Marie (6) |
| SNIPES | Surname of US actor famous for the Blade series of films (6) |
| BISSET | Surname of US actress who played Gwen Meighen in the 1970 film, Airport (6) |
| WAYANS | Surname of US acting brothers Shawn and Marlon (6) |
| LOWELL | Surname of US poets James Russell, Amy and Robert (6) |
| WARHOL | Surname of US pop artist Andy (6) |
| LUCILLE | US comedy actress of the 1950s/60s, ------- Ball (7) |
| NANCY | Star of US comedy series Last Man Standing, ----- Travis (5) |
| SETH | Creator of US comedy Family Guy, ---- Macfarlane (4) |
| GLADSTONE | Actress Lily of "Killers of the Flower Moon" |
| FEY | US comedy actress, Tina --- (3) |
| TINA | US comedy actress, ... Fey |
| AMY | ___ Poehler, US comedy actress (3) |
| AISHA | Host of US comedy show Whose Line Is It Anyway?, ----- Tyler (5) |
| KRISTEN | ___ Wiig, US comedy actress whose new film, Despicable Me 3, is released into cinemas this week (pictured) (7) |