| BOARDMAN | Stan ___ , Liverpool-born comedian (8) |
| BISHOP | John ___ , Liverpool-born comedian and TV chat show host born in 1966 (6) |
| LES | Liverpool-born comedian, _ Dennis (3) |
| SAYLE | Alexei ---, Liverpool-born comedian and author |
| ALEXEISAYLE | Liverpool-born comedian whose autobiography is entitled Stalin Ate My Homework (6,5) |
| KIRKLAND | Chris ___, Liverpool goalkeeper; 2006 England one-cap wonder against Greece (8) |
| MERCHANT | Stephen _, Bristol-born comedian and actor (8) |
| RONJAMES | Popular Glace Bay-born comedian (3,5) |
| MORTSAHL | Quebec-born comedian who penned the autobiography Heartland (4,4) |
| KIMCATTRALL | Liverpool-born actress best known for playing Samantha Jones in Sex and the City (3,8) |
| STUBBS | George ___ (1724 - 1806), Liverpool-born painter (6) |
| PARROTT | John ---, Liverpool-born 1991 world snooker champion |
| BERYL | Liverpool-born novelist whose books include The Dressmaker (5,10) |
| BAINBRIDGE | Liverpool-born novelist whose books include The Dressmaker (5,10) |
| LENNON | Celebrated Liverpool-born musician (1940-80) (6) |
| LINDA | Liverpool-born nurse who worked in Holby City Hospital's ED until recently (5,7) |
| EDWINA | Liverpool-born former Conservative MP, ___ ___ Currie, a Junior Health Minister until 1988's 'salmonella in eggs' controversy (6) |
| SERAFINOWICZ | Peter ?, Liverpool-born comic actor whose characters include Kennedy St King and Brian Butterfield |
| PAULMCCARTNEY | Liverpool-born musician who became the oldest solo headliner at Glastonbury in 2022 (4,9) |
| PETERSISSONS | Liverpool-born news presenter who hosted Question Time from 1989-93 (5,7) |
