| AMYSCHUMER | Sketch comedy performer who wrote and stars in 41-Across: 2 wds. |
| TARONEGERTON | Kingsman: The Golden Circle actor who stars in 41-Across: 2 wds. |
| AZIZ | - Ansari, US comedy performer who starred in Parks and Recreation (4) |
| ERICIDLE | Comic performer who wrote and sang the theme song for the TV series One Foot in the Grave (4,4) |
| SID | Sketch comedy performer Caesar |
| ALICE | Comedian and actress who wrote and stars in Timestalker (5,4) |
| HUBERMAN | Amy _, actress who wrote and stars in Finding Joy (8) |
| CRAIGCASH | He co-wrote and stars in BBC sitcom Early Doors (5,4) |
| HAROLDRAMIS | Former "SCTV" performer who wrote, produced, and directed "Groundhog Day": 2 wds. |
| COLETTE | French novelist and performer who wrote the novella Gigi (7) |
| NIA | Vardalos who wrote, directed, and stars in "My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3," which opens today |
| FERRELL | Comic actor who plays jazz flute in "Anchorman" and stars in the new movie "Eurovision Song Contest" |
| REES | Astronomer Royal, astrophysicist and cosmologist, Lord Ludlow, who was one of the first to propose that quasars derive their energy from black holes accreting matter from gas and stars in surrounding |
| HYNES | Jessica ___, actress who created, writes and stars in BBC TV sitcom Up The Women (5) |
| LENA | Dunham who created and stars in the HBO series 'Girls' |
| THUNDER | Ben Stiller directs and stars in the comedy spoof, Tropic ___ (7) |
| DAISY | _ May Cooper, created and stars in comedy This Country alongside her brother Charlie (5) |
| BRUNSON | Quinta ___ Lazor Wulf actress who created and stars in Abbott Elementary as Janine Teagues |
| GERTRUDELAWRENCE | English actress, singer and musical comedy performer for whom Noel Coward developed his first musical revue in 1923 |
| ERNIEWISE | Comedy performer famed for his plays “what I wrote” |
