| HIGHCOMEDY | Stoned, Buffalo Bill's touring Maine for the witty banter (4,6) |
| ENDS | Springer Mountain, Georgia, and Mount Katahdin, Maine, for the Appalachian Trail |
| COMEDY | Buffalo Bill touring state in zany show |
| AMAZED | Bill touring Long Kesh, gobsmacked (6) |
| BATTLESHIP | The USS Maine, for one |
| DAVEJAVU | Former name for the time-shift service of the channel that used the tagline The Home of Witty Banter (4.2.2) |
| OFBISONBEN | Novel about Buffalo Bill's lesser-known brother? |
| COWARD | Plummy "playboy of the West End world" whose repertoire included the witty ditty Mad Dogs and Englishmen and a satirical look at the declining fortunes of the British aristocracy in their stately home |
| MEMORIAL | Just touring island alongside me, for the record |
| ALLAMERICAN | Touring Maine, Carl and Al typically like apple-pie |
| DREAMER | Fantasist of dismal aspect touring Maine |
| ROMEO | Tragic lover, Aussie native, touring Maine |
| HEADROOM | "Max ___" (Sci-fi comedy on which Canada's Matt Frewer played the witty computerized character of the title) |
| PROWARSAW | "Remember the Maine," for one? |
| MOT | Original material from master of the witty remark |
| REPARTEE | I say again, Her Majesty is skilled at the witty retort (8) |
| ESTATES | Lands in east Massachusetts and Maine, for instance (7) |
| VENDINGMACHINE | Five finishing a feature in Maine for dispenser (7,7) |
| CASHMERE | Frenzied search around Maine for a kind of fine, soft wool (8) |
| KILOMETRE | Another litre, OK? ___ holding me for the distance (9) |
