| BENELTON | Comedian who was a writer on The Young Ones and Blackadder, and has published 17 novels (3,5) |
| MULANEY | John ___ American stand-up comedian and actor who was a writer for Saturday Night Live |
| ELTON | The Young Ones and Blackadder writer, Ben ... (5) |
| IAN | Forename of an author of 17 novels, including one, on the theme of atonement, that was adapted into a movie starring Keira Knightley (3) |
| SITUATIONCOMEDY | Broadcast idiocy mutates on The Young Ones for instance |
| COMEDY | Broadcast idiocy mutates on The Young Ones for instance |
| SITUATION | Broadcast idiocy mutates on The Young Ones for instance |
| PEND | A writer, on the day, will be in the offing (4) |
| GOSSIPCOLUMNIST | OMG! Sun's politics disturbed a writer on the paper (6,9) |
| COLUMNIST | A writer on "The Post"? (9) |
| LITTLE | And 17 Novel by American author Louisa May Alcott originally published in two volumes, which introduced readers to the March sisters (6,5) |
| SARAPARETSKY | Author of "Brush Back," the latest of 17 novels featuring 38-Across: 2 wds. |
| ATKINSON | Actor in Four Weddings and a Funeral and Love Actually who also played Edmund Blackadder and voiced Zazu in The Lion King (8) |
| LOUISNYE | Comedian who was a regular on "The Steve Allen Show" |
| CHAPONDA | Daliso, stand-up comedian who was a 2017 finalist in Britain's Got Talent (8) |
| AMENABLE | A writer on new Italian island for promotion is open to persuasion (8) |
| EMBEDDED | Sounds like one is part of the plot covered by writer on the campaign trail (8) |
| CHECKOFF | Put a tick against Russian writer on the radio (5,3) |
| ROBINSON | Tony -; actor who played Baldrick in Blackadder and presented Time Team (8) |
| RIKMAYALL | English comedian, actor and writer who appeared in The Young Ones and The New Statesman (3,6) |
