| KEATON | Film comedian and director |
| BUSTERKEATON | US film comedian and director nicknamed The Great Stone Face (6,6) |
| ALLEN | Woody, US film comedian and director (5) |
| BUSTER | U.S. silent film comedian who directed and starred in 1925's Go West (6,6) |
| NORMAN | ___ Wisdom, old British film comedian (6) |
| LAUREL | ___ and Hardy, early film comedians (6) |
| NAGESH | South Indian film comedian grows older in New Hampshire (6) |
| CHARLIECHAPLIN | British comedian and director born in 1889, whose silent films include The Kid and City Lights (7,7) |
| ARBUCKLE | Fatty, U.S. comedian and director of the silent film era who died in 1933 (8) |
| MELBROOKS | Actor, comedian, and director who made The Producers (1967) |
| AMY | ___ Poehler, US actress, comedian and director (3) |
| DONADAMS | American actor, comedian and director who played Maxwell Smart in the sitcom Get Smart |
| HAROLDLLOYD | US film comedian who played the title role in the film The Sin Of Harold Diddlebock (6,5) |
| STANLAUREL | A tall nurse treated film comedian (4,6) |
| BENTURPIN | American silent film comedian known for his cross-eyed appearance (3,6) |
| CHAPLIN | Early film comedian (7) |
| BESTSELLER | Top film comedian nearly finished popular book |
| STAN | _ Laurel, film comedian |
| CHAPLAIN | Film comedian entertaining a minister (8) |
| BUD | ___ Abbott, 1940s film comedian (3) |
