| BILLYCONNOLLY | Scottish actor, comedian and musician nicknamed the Big Yin (5,8) |
| STEVEMARTIN | US actor, comedian and musician, star of The Jerk (1979) (5,6) |
| DUDLEYMOORE | English actor, comedian and musician known as The Sex Thimble (6,5) |
| RICHARDAYOADE | English actor, comedian and broadcaster best known for playing Maurice Moss in The IT Crowd |
| CONNOLLY | Scottish actor and comedian known as the Big Yin, Billy - (8) |
| SPRINGSTEEN | Bruce ---, US rock musician nicknamed The Boss (11) |
| DRJOHN | New Orleans musician nicknamed "The Night Tripper" |
| BRUCE | Musician nicknamed "the Boss", honoured by Joe Biden recently (5,11) |
| JOHNNY | --- Cash, musician nicknamed the Man in Black |
| SOUBRIQUET | In older spelling, a nickname such as The Big Yin |
| EYING | Watching as, finally, The Big Yin enters (5) |
| BILLBAILEY | Comedian and musician who played The Typewriter on the Last Night of The Proms in 2025 (4,6) |
| GETZ | Musician nicknamed "The Sound" |
| INNES | Neil, comedian and musician born in 1944, dubbed the 'seventh Python' (5) |
| BUSTERKEATON | US actor, comedian and film director noted for Sherlock IL, The Navigator and The General (6,6) |
| BOOTHBYGRAFFOE | Lincolnshire village; stage name of stand-up comedian and musician James Rogers |
| MAKENZIE | Oscar-winning Kiwi comedian and musician (4,8) |
| BRET | Oscar-winning Kiwi comedian and musician (4,8) |
| IDLE | Monty Python comedian and musician, Eric _ (4) |
| BILL | Comedian and musician, _ Bailey (4) |
