| PERELMAN | SJ, American comic writer whose volumes include Baby, It's Cold Inside (8) |
| SCANDALS | Shames you to put these on your feet when it's cold inside? (8) |
| SAMURAIS | SJ 413 off-roaders from Suzuki (8) |
| SPEARS | Britney, pop singer whose hits include Baby, One More Time (6) |
| BIEBER | Justin _, Canadian singer whose songs include 'Baby' (6) |
| BRADBURY | Ray ?, author whose volumes of short stories include The Illustrated Man (8) |
| SHERIDAN | Comic writer's novel managed to skirt round primitive urges (8) |
| HUMORIST | Comic writer (8) |
| ERICIDLE | Heath cut by unemployed comic writer (4,4) |
| GARFIELD | American comic strip created by Jim Davis (8) |
| MANDRAKE | American comic-strip magician with secret Tibetan powers (8) |
| BENELTON | British comic, writer and director who co-wrote Blackadder and wrote We Will Rock You (3,5) |
| PARODIST | Comic writer making Port Said look ridiculous |
| OFFSHOOT | Branch kills American comic (8) |
| MUNRO | Alice -, Canadian short-story writer whose volumes include Open Secrets and Runaway (5) |
| HARTE | Bret ?, US writer whose volumes include 1870's The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Sketches |
| ALICEMUNRO | Canadian short-story writer whose volumes include Open Secrets and Runaway (5,5) |
| BOYLE | Kay, American writer whose volumes of short stories include The Smoking Mountain (5) |
| BRETTELDREDGE | Country singer whose Baby It's Cold Outside topped the Adult Contemporary chart in 2017: 2 wds. |
| ELF | 2003 movie in which Zooey Deschanel sings "Baby, It's Cold Outside" |
