| RIP | He slept for 20 years |
| RIPVANWINKLE | He slept for 20 years |
| VAN | Character who slept for 20 years in an 1819 short story by US author Washington Irving (3,3,6) |
| WINKLE | Character who slept for 20 years in an 1819 short story by US author Washington Irving (3,3,6) |
| THOMAS | He said he slept with John Sugden to impress his Emmerdale mates (6,6) |
| ARTHUR | He said he slept with John Sugden to impress his Emmerdale mates (6,6) |
| ELSPETH | He slept, wrongly, with Scots girl (7) |
| TELEPHONES | He slept terribly, interrupted by one's calls (10) |
| KIDNAPPING | Stealing a child as he slept? (10) |
| RADAR | He slept with a teddy bear |
| NAPPED | Slept for a short while (6) |
| HEDBERG | Comedian Mitch who said "I haven't slept for |
| DOZED | Slept for a bit |
| DROWSED | Slept for two days, affected worse, when admitted |
| HIBERNATED | Slept for ages in her bed, at random (10) |
| GRAMMER | He played the same character for 20 years |
| HUNTER | & 15A He slept with Louise Mitchell to get revenge on her dad in Eastenders (6,4) |
| ONELINERS | Mitch Hedberg's "Is a hippopotamus a hippopotamus or just a really cool opotamus?" and "I haven't slept for ten days, because that would be too long," e.g. |
| LEIGH | Darjeeling-born actress married to Laurence Olivier for 20 years, remembered for her role as Scarlet |
| JOEDIMAGGIO | Who arranged for six red roses to be put on Marilyn Monroe's grave three times weekly for 20 years? (3,8) |
