| NONACADEMIC | John kept uplifted by funny comedian (though not of Footlights quality?) |
| SECONDARYMODERN | School, though not of first importance, is up-to-date (9,6) |
| LOTHARIO | John kept the rat-tailed hairstyle of a playboy (8) |
| DOMINANCE | Influence of funny comedian over One Direction (9) |
| DEMONIAC | Funny comedian is consumed by the spirits (8) |
| ODD | Funny comedian ignoring the first of three daughters |
| GARDEN | Graeme ?, member of The Goodies comedy team; 1963-64 president of Cambridge Footlights (6) |
| NOMADIC | Itinerant is funny comedian with no English (7) |
| KILLINGFIELDS | Very funny comedian marked on map with 9 (7,6) |
| OCEAN | Funny comedian lost the dim and the deep (5) |
| DECONTAMINATE | Clean funny comedian with talent forgetting line (13) |
| GOODDEED | Maybe giving act work with funny comedian Jack's backing |
| RUNOFFWITH | 'Steal for fun!' funny comedian initially howls (3,3,4) |
| BOOKENDS | Ties worn by funny, topless kind of supporters? |
| PUDGY | Penny and Dee entertained by funny guy of a fat build (5) |
| GOONS | Work secured by funny, honest British group of comedians - w 25dn (3,5) |
| THE | Work secured by funny, honest British group of comedians - w 22dn (3,5) |
| PROVERBS | Little difficulties absorbing clergyman uplifted by piece of scripture (8) |
| PACER | Worried person who'd be uplifted by reminder of situation |
| FOOTLOOSE | Unattached fellow, very uplifted by love, enthralled by miss (9) |
