| BILLYCONNOLLY | Scottish comedian known as The Big Yin (5,8) |
| CONNOLLY | Scottish comedian known as 'The Big Yin', Billy ... (8) |
| SOUBRIQUET | In older spelling, a nickname such as The Big Yin |
| ASSEMBLYPLANT | Car manufacturing factory such as the huge one in Windsor: 2 wds. |
| EYING | Watching as, finally, The Big Yin enters (5) |
| DURANTE | Actor/comedian known as "The Schnozzola" |
| MIDLER | Bette ___, American singer, actress and comedian known as "The Divine Miss M" |
| GLEASON | Jackie, U.S. actor and comedian known as 'The Great One' (7) |
| CEDRIC | Comedian known as "The Entertainer" |
| BOSTON | Home of the civil-engineering boondoggle known as "The Big Dig" |
| MAXMILLER | Comedian known as The Cheeky Chappie born Thomas Henry Sargent in Brighton in 1894 (3.6) |
| NEIL | ___ Innes, English musician and comedian, known as the seventh Python, d. 2019 (4) |
| ALMURRAY | British comedian known as the Pub Landlord who's a keen drummer (2,6) |
| ERNIE | Senator Sanders | First name of the golfer known as the Big Easy | Longtime TV roommate |
| MIZE | Baseball's Johnny, known as the Big Cat |
| TAMPA | City known as the Big Guava |
| ELS | Golfer known as 'The Big Easy' |
| NEWYOLKNEWYOLK | US megacity known as "The Big Egg", maybe? |
| NEWYORKCITY | Times Square city known as "The Big Apple" (3,4,4) |
| ONEAL | Former NBA cager known as the Big Aristotle |
