| SIMONEVANS | English stand-up comedian born in 1965 whose live tour shows include Genius 2.0 (5,5) |
| CARA | With 12-Across: model spotted having dinner at Casa Cruz in London with Taylor Swift on Tuesday (plus some other pals; keep solving!) in between Eras Tour shows |
| BARNSTORM | Tour show in pubs across the north - decline to go up motorway |
| MTV | ___ Cribs (house tour show) |
| STEWARTLEE | Stand-up comedian born in 1968 noted for his partnership with Richard Herring (7,3) |
| FRONTIERES | European television game show launched in 1965 whose judges included Gennaro Olivieri (4,4,10) |
| TITCHMARSH | English gardener whose TV shows include Ground Force and Love Your Garden (4,10) |
| LAURYNHILL | Female rapper whose live album MTV Unplugged No. 2.0 has been certified Platinum: 2 wds. |
| RHONA | ____ Cameron, Scottish broadcaster and stand-up comedian born in 1965 (5) |
| NIGELSHORT | British chess grandmaster born in 1965 and vicepresident of FIDE, chess's world governing body (5,5) |
| DJALILI | Omid, British-Iranian stand-up comedian born in 1965 (7) |
| BAPTISTE | Dane, English stand-up comedian born in 1984 who starred in the TV sitcom Sunny D (8) |
| IZZARD | Eddie, English stand-up comedian born in 1962 and noted for her marathon running (6) |
| GORMAN | Dave, English stand-up comedian born in 1971 who created Googlewhack Adventures (6) |
| OLGA | ____ Koch, stand-up comedian born in Saint Petersburg in 1992 (4) |
| ALEXEI | ___ Sayle, stand-up comedian born in Liverpool in 1952 (6) |
| SAYLE | Alexei, English stand-up comedian born In 1952 (5) |
| NOBLE | Ross, English stand-up comedian born in 1976 (5) |
| ANGELA | ____ Barnes, English stand-up comedian born in 1976 (6) |
| FLANAGAN | Micky, English stand-up comedian born in 1962 (8) |
