| JOHNCLEESE | Comedian who co-founded the training film company Video Arts in 1972 |
| RESEE | Watch the training films again |
| CHARLIECHAPLIN | I'll preach about China training film star (7,7) |
| BEPPE | ___ Grillo, Italian comedian who co-founded the Italian Five Star Movement |
| LENNYHENRY | Comedian who co-founded Comic Relief (5-5) |
| RENEEFLEMING | Opera singer who sang the national anthem at the Super Bowl in 2014 and received the National Medal of Arts in 2012: 2 wds. |
| ENO | Brian whose music is the subject of the 168-hour video-art installation Nothing Can Ever Be the Same |
| ENFIELD | Harry ___, comedian who co-wrote and co-starred in 2000 film Kevin & Perry Go Large (7) |
| ITALIACONTI | Actress who founded an Academy of Theatre Arts in London in 1911 (6,5) |
| EXACTING | What the training was for the real-life participants in The Dam Busters (8) |
| STEWART | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Lee, stand-up comedian who co-wrote the musical Jerry Springer: The Opera (7) |
| STEVEMARTIN | Veteran comedian who co-created Only Murders In The Building (5,6) |
| KEVINHART | Comedian who co-starred in "Ride Along" and "The Upside" |
| DOON | Comedian who co-wrote and starred in Smack The Pony, _ Mackichan (4) |
| REECE | Comedian who co-created and starred in The League Of Gentlemen, _ Shearsmith (5) |
| ELTON | Comedian who co-wrote the musical The Beautiful Game, Ben _ (5) |
| MUSE | One of the goddesses of the arts in ancient Greece; also a British rock band (4) |
| LENIN | Leader depicted in statues at the Muzeon Park of Arts in Moscow |
| THESALON | The official art exhibition of the Academie des Beaux-arts in Paris, from 1667 (3,5) |
| MUSES | The nine goddesses of the liberal arts in Greek mythology (5) |
