| JACKBENNY | US entertainer born Benjamin Kubelsky in 1894 (4,5) |
| GARLAND | Judy ---, US entertainer born Frances Ethel Gumm |
| BENNY | Jack ___, US comedian born Benjamin Kubelsky who died in 1974 (5) |
| RECHERCHE | Choice role void - US entertainer almost beside herself! (9) |
| STREISAND | US entertainer whose first husband was the actor Elliott Gould (9) |
| CARROTTOP | Wacky entertainer born Scott Thompson |
| DANNYKAYE | American entertainer born David Daniel Kaminsky (5,4) |
| MACKLEMORE | Rapper born Benjamin Haggerty |
| HOPE | English-born US entertainer (3,4) |
| BOB | English-born US entertainer (3,4) |
| LIBERACE | Entertainer born in May 1919, the basis for five anagrams in this puzzle |
| COLINBUCHANAN | Australian entertainer, born in Ireland (5,8) |
| FIELDS | English entertainer born Grace Stansfield who died in 1979 (6,6) |
| GRACIE | English entertainer born Grace Stansfield who died in 1979 (6,6) |
| BLAIR | Surname of the British entertainer born Henry Ogus in 1928 (5) |
| MARIELLOYD | English music-hall entertainer born Matilda Alice Victoria Wood in 1870 |
| EVERETT | Kenny ?, radio and television entertainer born Maurice Cole who died in 1995 |
| ROGERS | Entertainer born in 1911 known as King of the Cowboys (3, 6) |
| ROY | Entertainer born in 1911 known as King of the Cowboys (3, 6) |
| KENNYEVERETT | British comedian and radio/TV entertainer born Maurice Cole in 1944 |
