| HEDBERG | Comedian Mitch who said "I haven't slept for |
| RIP | ___ Van Winkle (fictional character who slept for 20 years) |
| RIPVANWINKLE | Fictional character who slept for 20 years. (3,3,6) |
| ALBOM | Mitch who wrote 'Tuesdays With Morrie' |
| VAN | Character who slept for 20 years in an 1819 short story by US author Washington Irving (3,3,6) |
| WINKLE | Character who slept for 20 years in an 1819 short story by US author Washington Irving (3,3,6) |
| DROWSED | Slept for two days, affected worse, when admitted (7) |
| NAPPED | Slept for a short while (6) |
| DOZED | Slept for a bit |
| HIBERNATED | Slept for ages in her bed, at random (10) |
| YOGI | Bear who said "I'm smarter than the average bear," or Berra who said "I really didn't say everything I said" |
| LOUISCK | Comic who said "I open my eyes, remember who I am, what I'm like, and I just go 'Ugh'" |
| NENE | Leakes who said, "I said what I said" |
| EMOPHILIPS | Comedian who said, "I started a weightlifting program. But the first day, I threw my back out. So I put down the booklet." |
| ANGELA | Davis who said "I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept" |
| TEDLASSO | TV coach who said, "I think I literally have a better understanding of who killed Kennedy than I do what is offside" |
| YOGIBERRA | Yankees legend who said "I really didn't say everything I said" |
| ELLENDEGENERES | Who said "I like my men like I like my coffee. I don't drink coffee" |
| BERRA | Oft-quoted athlete who said, "I really didn't say everything I said" |
| PRYOR | Richard who quipped "I never met anybody who said, 'I wanna grow up and be a critic'" |