| AFI | Org. that ranked comedy films |
| WTA | Org. that ranked Chris Evert as its first No.1 player |
| SUSAN | 1940s-'60s top-10 girl's name that ranked 922nd in 2016 |
| AVA | Palindromic girl's name that ranked among the 10 most popular in each of the past five years |
| CARRYON | The franchise that produced 31 comedy films between 1958 and 1992 (5,2) |
| CORNETTO | Trilogy of comedy films directed by Edgar Wright that includes Hot Fuzz (8) |
| DOM | DeLuise of comedy films |
| AUSTIN | Series of spy action-comedy films, ------ Powers (6) |
| CARRY | ___ On, series of British comedy films (5) |
| HARPO | Honker in old comedy films |
| MOE | Howard of old comedy films |
| RENECLAIR | French director, a pioneer of early silent comedy films |
| MARX | Surname of brothers who made comedy films together (4) |
| CUSTARDPIE | Sweet, is often cast in comedy films (7,3) |
| EALING | Which London suburb gave its name to a series of comedy films made there in the 40s and 50s? (6) |
| ROBIN | Actor who starred as Timothy Lea in the 1970s Confessions series of British comedy films (5,7) |
| ROAD | Bing Crosby and Bob Hope travelled this to Rio, Bali, Morocco and Singapore in their series of comedy films |
| PANTHER | Comedy films involving a diamond, Inspector Clouseau and Peter Sellers (4,7) |
| PINK | Comedy films involving a diamond, Inspector Clouseau and Peter Sellers (4,7) |
| ALASTAIRSIM | ____ played male and female school heads in 1950s British comedy films |
