| ALANDAVIES | Regular QI panellist (4,6) |
| DAVIES | Surname of Alan, regular QI panellist (6) |
| ALAN | Jonathan Creek star and regular QI panellist, ---- Davies (4) |
| STEPHENFRY | Original QI host (7,3) |
| DONQUIXOTE | Novel character sporting tuxedo on QI (3,7) |
| YOURSELVES | QI signature for solvers (10) |
| SARAPASCOE | Comedian who scored +28 on her QI debut in 2013 |
| BILLBAILEY | English actor and comedian who has appeared in the shows Black Books and QI (4,6) |
| PANELLISTS | Guests on QI or Would I Lie to You?, e.g. (10) |
| GIANTPANDA | Tian Tian, Mei Xiang, and Xiao Qi Ji all left D.C.'s National Zoo for China on Nov. 8, ending a 50-year presence there for this species |
| JOBRAND | Getting On star and QI regular (2,5) |
| BILL | ___ Bailey, comedian and QI regular (4) |
| NOBLE | UK comedian and QI and Spicks & Specks regular, Ross ... (5) |
| LIZA | Star of Linda Green and QI regular, ... Tarbuck (4) |
| SELF | Small QI researcher identifies writer and former Shooting Stars regular Will (4) |
| RICHHALL | Deadpan comic from America who is a regular on QI (4,4) |
| FRY | QI host Stephen ___ |
| TOKSVIG | Sandi ___, presenter of QI (7) |
| MERIDIANS | Channels through which qi flows, to an acupuncturist |
| SANDI | - - - Toksvig, questionmaster of QI (5) |