| RIVRON | Surname of Rowland, one half of the comedy house band on French & Saunders (6) |
| ARREST | Jamie Lee Curtis comedy, House ___ (6) |
| LOU | First name of the first half of the comedy team, Abbott and Costello |
| JEMAINECLEMENT | One half of the comedy duo Flight of the Conchords (7,7) |
| JETSET | Silly joke on French and high society (3,3) |
| SURREAL | On French and Brazilian currency? Bizarre! |
| SURRENDER | Give up on French and translate (9) |
| LISTEN | Pay attention - nothing's holding French and Saunders' finale back (6) |
| COOGAN | Surname of Steve, the creator of the comedy character Alan Partridge (6) |
| LESAGE | Author of the comedy Turcaret and the picaresque novel Gil Blas (6) |
| FRENCH | ___ and Saunders, comedy duo (6) |
| GATISS | Mark ___, member of the comedy team The League of Gentlemen who co-created and co-produced Sherlock with Steven Moffat |
| AKSHAY | Star of the comedy film Welcome to the Jungle. (First name) (6) |
| DADDYS | Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg family comedy, ...Home 2 (5'1) |
| JACOBI | Derek ___, star of the comedy-drama TV series Last Tango in Halifax (6) |
| ANIMAL | Who is the drummer in the Muppets house band? (6) |
| ELAINE | May of the comedy duo Nichols and May |
| WALLER | Phoebe _-Bridge, star of the comedy Fleabag (6) |
| HEEHAW | Show whose original house band was The Buckaroos |
| CAMEMBERT | The ___ Quartet are the house band on the Late Late Show. (9) |