| PERELMAN | S J -, American humorist whose Broadway plays include The Beauty Part (8) |
| HEIMLICH | Henry J, American surgeon after whom the manoeuvre for dislodging a foreign body in a person's windpipe is named (8) |
| DAMEEDNA | Entertainer whose Broadway show was subtitled "The Royal Tour" |
| HARMISON | S J ?, England Test cricketer who took 5-43 against Australia at Lord's in 2005 (8) |
| WCFIELDS | American humorist/actor |
| TOM | American humorist whose songs include Poisoning Pigeons in the Park (3) |
| LEHRER | American humorist whose songs include Poisoning Pigeons in the Park (6) |
| NASH | Ogden, American humorist whose collections include Hard Lines (4) |
| ROBERTBENCHLEY | American humorist whose short film How to Sleep won Best Short Subject at the 1935 Oscars |
| ABRAMS | J.J. ---, American TV producer of Alias, Lost and Fringe (6) |
| HEINZ | Henry J. ---, American entrepreneur who founded a condiments business in the 19th Century (5) |
| JOSHBILLINGS | The pseudonym of 19th-century American humorist Henry Wheeler Shaw (4,8) |
| TOYS | Half-cut star looking back over vacuous off-Broadway plays (4) |
| HOOKER | T.J. --, American police drama TV series starring William Shatner (6) |
| OROURKE | P. J. ---, American satirist, author of 1988 book Holidays In Hell, who died in February (7) |
| VANDEGRAFFE | Dr Robert J, American physicist who designed a generator that produces high voltages (3,2,6) |
| GATLING | Richard J -, American inventor of a rapid-fire gun patented in 1862 (7) |
| JAMESTHURBER | American humorist "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" |
| MARQUIS | Don ___, American humorist, journalist and author best known for creating the characters "Archy" and "Mehitabel" |
| OGDENNASH | American humorist who wrote the line 'Too clever is dumb' (5,4) |
