| STARLIKE | Funny A-lister entertains King's Head, twinkling? |
| MARINER | Pit worker entertains king's seaman |
| MANNER | Way in which mister entertains king's sister (6) |
| SARGASSO | Foreign ruler entertains king aboard ship on such a sea? |
| BROUHAHA | What's in teacup, we hear? How funny - a storm! |
| CELERITY | Speed of book being put out by A-lister (8) |
| TOMHANKS | Much-loved movie A-lister and victim of a deepfake ad (3,5) |
| MEGASTAR | A-lister (8) |
| ANGELINA | A Lister Ms. Jolie |
| BRADPITT | Hollywood A-lister who voiced Will the Krill in Happy Feet Two (4,4) |
| JUSTLIKETHAT | In a twinkling? Exactly so |
| GLIMMER | Inkling in a twinkling? (7) |
| STARLIT | Descriptive of the sky in a twinkling? (7) |
| HOMERUN | Character in the Simpsons, regularly funny, a big hit in America |
| CRACKOF | Party organiser's pretty funny - a reasonable chance (4,5,2,3,4) |
| THEWHIP | Party organiser's pretty funny - a reasonable chance (4,5,2,3,4) |
| FAIR | Party organiser's pretty funny - a reasonable chance (4,5,2,3,4) |
| YESTERDAY | I agree, Ted Ray was funny a while back (9) |
| SITCOM | It's funny, a gas, millions seen on TV (6) |
| FIRST | Leading duke entertains king (5) |
