| LENNYBRUCE | New York-born stand-up comedian who wrote 1965 autobiography How to Talk Dirty and Influence People |
| LENNY | New York-born stand-up comedian who wrote 1965 autobiography How to Talk Dirty and Influence People (5,5) |
| BRUCE | New York-born stand-up comedian who wrote 1965 autobiography How to Talk Dirty and Influence People (5,5) |
| SEINFELD | Jerry ___, New York-born stand-up comedian who voiced the title role in 2007 animated film Bee Movie (8) |
| DALE | Carnegie who wrote the best-seller "How to Win Friends and Influence People" |
| CARNEGIE | Who came to fame with his book How To Win Friends and Influence People? (4,8) |
| SIRI | Phone assistant who sometimes responds to Talk dirty to me with The carpet needs vacuuming |
| DALECARNEGIE | Author of the self-help manual How to Win Friends and Influence People |
| ALEC | Author Greven who wrote the bestselling book "How to Talk to Girls" when he was nine years old |
| DALEC | "How to Win Friends and Influence People" writer |
| JOHNOLIVER | British-born stand-up comedian and TV host who “took over” the r/pics subreddit in mid-June 2023 |
| CYRANO | Play character who nose how to talk to a woman? |
| BOYLE | Frankie ___, Glasgow-born stand-up comedian whose television credits include 8 Out of 10 Cats and Mo |
| CARR | Jimmy, London-born stand-up comedian whose autobiography Before & Laughter was published in 2021 (4) |
| MASON | Jackie, Wisconsin-born stand-up comedian who won a Tony in 1987 (5) |
| ANN | "How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must)" author Coulter |
| IDIOM | How to talk about instincts? Me? Coming up! (5) |
| AUTOSUGGESTION | How to talk oneself into a new car? |
| ASL | How to talk to the hand?: Abbr. |
| LEE | London-born stand-up comedian; regular panellist on BBC TV show They Think It's All Over from 1995-9 |