| FLANAGAN | Bud ___, member of comedy team the Crazy Gang whose partner was Chesney Allen (8) |
| BUD | Member of comedy team the Crazy Gang whose partner was Chesney Allen (3,8) |
| NERVO | Jimmy ___, member of the Crazy Gang whose comedy partner was Teddy Knox (5) |
| THEGOONS | Comic radio gang whose characters included Bloodnok and Eccles (3,5) |
| GROUCHY | Bad-tempered member of comedy team finishing early before end of day |
| IDLE | Unemployed member of comedy team (4) |
| GATISS | Mark ___, member of the comedy team The League of Gentlemen who co-created and co-produced Sherlock with Steven Moffat |
| NERVOUS | Shy member of the Crazy Gang (American) (7) |
| GASBAGS | 1941 film comedy starring The Crazy Gang |
| BUDFLANAGAN | Crazy Gang comedian who sang the theme song of Dad's Army (3,8) |
| BURST | 'Bud ___' is the emergence of new leaves on a plant at the beginning of each growing season (5) |
| PASCOE | Peter, police inspector played in the BBC TV series by Colin Buchanan, whose partner was Dalziel (6) |
| DAVIDWARNER | Actor who died in July whose partner was actress Lisa Bowerman (5,6) |
| STARSKY | Old detective whose partner was in smaller residence than 27? (7) |
| ODDIE | Member of comedy trio The Goodies, Bill ... (5) |
| BENTINE | Michael ------- , British ex- member of comedy group the Goons (7) |
| ENRICH | Concentrate? It's hard after new member of comedy duo comes around (6) |
| ABBOTT | Bud _, comedy partner of Lou Costello (6) |
| CORT | Bud ___, actor who played the male lead in 1971 comedy-drama film Harold and Maude (4) |
| OPES | "When the first bird sings and the first bud ___": Paul Laurence Dunbar |
