| GAMBLE | Ed - - - - - -, British comedian (6) |
| STAFFORD | Ed, British explorer who walked the length of the river Amazon in 2010 (8) |
| COODE | Ed ....., British rower who won an Olympic gold medal in the coxless fours in 2004 (5) |
| MILIBAND | Ed ******** , British Labour Party leader between 2010 and 2015 (8) |
| NORMAN | British comedian, once a cult figure in Albania, d. 2010 (6,6) |
| LYCETT | Joe, British comedian who presents The Great British Sewing Bee (6) |
| LAUREL | Stan, British comedian who partnered Oliver Hardy (6) |
| BLENNY | British comedian Henry provides fish (6) |
| TRACEY | British comedian, singer and actor, ------ Ullman (6) |
| ECLAIR | Jenny _, British comedian and writer (6) |
| CARIAD | British comedian and actor, ------ Lloyd (6) |
| ANGELA | ___ Barnes, British comedian (6) |
| BISHOP | John _ British comedian and TV host (6) |
| PASCOE | Sara ___, British comedian (6) |
| MAISIE | ___ Adam, British comedian (6) |
| ROMESH | ___ Ranganathan, British comedian and TV presenter (6) |
| MAYALL | Rik ___, British comedian and actor whose TV series included The Young Ones and The New Statesman (6) |
| ULLMAN | British comedian with a BBC1 sketch show, Tracey ------ (6) |
| COOPER | Tommy, British comedian born in 1921 noted for his trademark fez (6) |
| AYOADE | Richard, British comedian who presented the 2020 and 2021 BAFTA TV awards (6) |
