| STEVE | --- Martin, U.S. comic actor |
| ADAM | --- Sandler, U.S. comic actor |
| BOBHOPE | British-born U.S. comic actor and entertainer nicknamed Old Ski Nose (3,4) |
| TRACY | Dick ___ , U.S. comic strip created by Chester Gould (5) |
| DITKO | Steve, U.S. comics artist who co-created superhero Spider-Man with Stan Lee (5) |
| GENE | --- Wilder, U.S. comic actor (4) |
| GEORGEBURNS | Robe made snugger for U.S. comic (6,5) |
| VANBUREN | Martin, U.S. president of Dutch descent who was nicknamed The Little Magician (3,5) |
| AGATHA | ____ Harkness, powerful witch in U.S. comic books (6) |
| STAN | ___ Lee, U.S. comic book writer born in 1922 (4) |
| SCORSESE | Martin, U.S. film director who has released five feature films starring Leonardo DiCaprio to date (8) |
| LUTHERKING | Martin, U.S. civil rights leader posthumously given the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977 (6,4) |
| TODD | ___ Martin, U.S. tennis player born in 1970 who reached two Grand Slam singles finals (4) |
| BATMAN | U.S. comic-book superhero created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane (6) |
| XMEN | U.S. comic strip team of mutants with superhuman powers, including Cyclops and Wolverine (1-3) |
| FOURCOLOR | U.S. comic book series that printed in cyan, magenta, yellow and black: 2 wds. |
| SIEGEL | Jerry, U.S. comic book writer who co-created Superman with Joe Shuster (6) |
| KANE | Bob, U.S. comic book writer who co-created Batman with Bill Finger (4) |
| PINAFORE | H.M.S. -, comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan (8) |
| SHORT | Martin _, Canadian-born comic actor (5) |
