| BILLYCONNOLLY | British comedian nicknamed 'The Big Yin' (5,8) |
| CONNOLLY | Scottish comedian known as 'The Big Yin', Billy ... (8) |
| ROBEY | George ___, music hall comedian nicknamed The Prime Minister of Mirth (5) |
| GLEASON | Jackie, actor and comedian nicknamed The Great One (7) |
| KEATON | Buster, U.S. film director and comedian nicknamed the Great Stone Face (6) |
| GOBEL | Comedian nicknamed 'Lonesome George' |
| WINDSWEPT | ---- & Interesting, Big Yin's autobiography (9) |
| BYJINGO | Crivvens! Entertaining Jack, I dropped off Big Yin struggling with official introduction (2,5) |
| BROADSCOTS | Distinctive dialect of Big Yins? (5,5) |
| RANDYJOHNSON | Pitcher nicknamed The Big Unit who led the MLB in strikeouts in the 1990s (2 538) and 2000s (2 182): 2 wds. |
| MISSOURI | Longest river of the United States, nicknamed the 'Big Muddy' (8) |
| FRANKMAHOVLICH | Honoured Member of the hockey hall of Fame nicknamed 'The Big M': 2 wds. |
| KEVINGARNETT | American retired professional basketball player nicknamed The Big Ticket who played fourteen seasons for the Minnesota Timberwolves: 2 wds. |
| NEWORLEANS | A city near the Gulf of Mexico (pop 400,000), nicknamed the "Big Easy" (3,7) |
| ERNIEELS | Sports figure nicknamed 'the Big Easy' |
| ROBERTSON | Oscar, American basketball player nicknamed "The Big O" (9) |
| TAMPA | City nicknamed "The Big Guava" |
| ELS | Golfer Ernie nicknamed "the Big Easy" |
| NYC | City nicknamed "the Big Apple": Abbr. |
| SINGH | Golfing Vijay nicknamed The Big Fijian (5) |
