| BILLYCONNOLLY | Scottish comedian, actor and musician nicknamed "The Big Yin" |
| BELUSHI | US comedian, actor and musician, John, notable for his work on Saturday Night Live (7) |
| 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 |
| GETZ | Musician nicknamed "The Sound" |
| RIKMAYALL | English comedian, actor and writer who appeared in The Young Ones and The New Statesman (3,6) |
| AUTRY | Gene, actor and musician born in 1907 nicknamed the Singing Cowboy (5) |
| FRENCH | Comedian, actor and writer who played the vicar of Dibley (4,6) |
| DAWN | Comedian, actor and writer who played the vicar of Dibley (4,6) |
| WHITEHOUSE | Where the US presidents live with comedian, actor and angler Paul (10) |
| RONNIEBARKER | Comedian, actor and writer who used the pen name Gerald Wiley (6,6) |
| NAT | Actor and musician star of The Fault in Our Stars and Death Note, - Wolff (3) |
| NORMANWISDOM | English comedian, singer, songwriter, actor and musician who was flyweight boxing champion of the British Army in India |
| MATT | and 26ac, Actor and musician who plays the title role in Channel 4 comedy series Toast of London |
| ELTON | Ben, English comedian, actor and author who wrote the TV sitcom Upstart Crow (5) |
| BRAND | English comedian, actor, and activist, Russell ___ (5) |
