| JOBRAND | British comedienne and author of the novel Sorting Out Billy (2,5) |
| MEERASYAL | Comedienne and author of the novel Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee (5,4) |
| WALTERS | Julie -; actress in Victoria Wood's Acorn Antiques as well as films including Educating Rita, Stepping Out, Billy Elliot and Calendar Girls (7) |
| SANDI | Comedienne and author of novels Hitler's Canary and Flying Under Bridges (5,7) |
| DAWNFRENCH | British comedienne and The Comic Strip member (4,6) |
| FRENCH | British comedienne and actress, Dawn ... (6) |
| MOVIN | "___ Out" (Billy Joel 1978 hit) |
| OHANLON | Ardal, comedian and author of the novel The Talk Of The Town (7) |
| MIRANDA | ___ Hart, comedienne and star of The Nutcracker And The Four Realms (7) |
| BEATRIX | First name of the mycologist and author of the Peter Rabbit books who left her house "Hill Top" in Cumbria to the National Trust (7) |
| MATTHEW | Apostle and author of the first Gospel in the New Testament |
| USTINOV | Peter, actor and author of the play The Indifferent Shepherd (7) |
| CHARLES | 'Britannia' No. 70033, and author of the ghost story The Signalman (7) |
| DICKENS | 'Britannia' No. 70033, and author of the ghost story The Signalman (7) |
| RAMDASS | LSD pioneer and author of the New Age classic "Be Here Now" |
| PTOLEMY | Claudius ___, Greco-Egyptian astronomer and author of the Almagest (7) |
| DIDEROT | Denis, 18c French philosopher and author of the play Le Pere de famille (7) |
| MURDOCH | Iris ___, philosopher and author of The Black Prince (7) |
| PUSHKIN | Russian poet and writer of The Queen of Spades (7) |
| ADEFOPE | Lolly -, stand-up comedienne and actress who plays Mimi in Channel 4 sitcom Damned (7) |
