| FORMBY | George, English actor and comedian born in Wigan in 1904 noted for playing the ukulele (6) |
| BURLEY | Kay, English broadcaster born in Wigan in 1960 (6) |
| NEEL | Louis, French physicist born in 1904 noted for his research on magnetism (4) |
| TEDRAY | British comedian born Charles Olden in Wigan in 1905 (3,3) |
| MARGARETHAMILTON | US actress noted for playing the Wicked Witch of the West in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz (8,8) |
| BEERY | Wallace, actor noted for playing the title role in 1932 film The Champ (5) |
| REKIK | Omar ..... , Tunisia and Arsenal defender who spent time on loan at Sparta Rotterdam and Wigan in 2022-23 (5) |
| NORMAN | ____ Wisdom, English actor and comedian born in 1915 noted for his slapstick comedy (6) |
| GIBSON | Tyrese, U.S. rapper and actor noted for playing Roman Pearce in the Fast & Furious film series (6) |
| CAESAR | Sid ****** , actor and comedian born in 1922 (6) |
| MAYALL | Rik, late English actor and comedian who played Lord Flashheart in the Blackadder TV series (6) |
| LAURIE | Hugh, English actor and comedian who played Senator Tom James in the TV sitcom Veep (6) |
| ORWELL | George, English novelist and essayist who coined the terms Big Brother and doublethink (6) |
| WILDER | Gene ****** , actor and comedian born Jerome Silberman in 1933 (6) |
| GEORGEFORMBY | English comedian who starred in musical films of the 1930s, famous for playing the ukulele (6,6) |
| LUGOSI | Bela, Hungarian-born actor noted for playing Dracula (6) |
| ORRELL | Rugby union club based in Wigan whose nickname is The Anvils (6) |
| OLDHAM | Birthplace of late English actor and comedian Bernard Cribbins (6) |
| STUBBS | George, English painter noted for depicting horses (6) |
| ROMNEY | George ---, English portrait painter who painted his muse Emma Hamilton (Lord Nelson's mistress) more than 60 times (6) |
