| ERNIEWISE | Ulster starts to expect witty imp-rovisation in Irish comedian (5,4) |
| LASERBEAM | The foreign person in Belgrade starts to expect a miracle from modern surgical device (5,4) |
| ALLENARLY | Scottish court's only keeping a track on Irish comedian |
| DAVEALLEN | Late whisky-drinking Irish comedian (4,5) |
| NORTHERN | PM starts to expect referendum nastiness in Scotland? |
| INCONVENIENT | Awkward home - house full of women, in which one starts to expect nagging |
| ALLEN | Everybody starts to expect new Northern Irish snooker player (5) |
| LEFTOVER | Starts to expect favours over time in sexual partner - save it for another time (4,4) |
| MOIETY | Half of me pretentiously starts to expect thank yous (6) |
| IMPORTER | Businessperson of significance starts to expect results (8) |
| EMIR | Ruler starts to expect miracles immediately, right? (4) |
| FADED | Bill starts to expect disaster after fellow disappeared (5) |
| EDWIN | King starts to expect downright victory |
| ADULTERATE | Spoil no child, and start to expect esteem |
| BARBIE | Pointed remark I start to expect from doll (6) |
| AISLINGBEA | Irish comedian who took part in Taskmaster in 2017 and appeared in the 2022 Doctor Who New Year's special (7,3) |
| ARDALOHANLON | Irish comedian who has starred in Father Ted and Death In Paradise (5,1'6) |
| OHANLON | Ardal ___, Irish comedian and actor seen as Father Dougal McGuire in Father Ted and George Sunday in My Hero |
| MORAN | Dylan -, Irish comedian who starred in Black Books (5) |
| SPIKE | ___ Milligan, British-Irish comedian who died in 2002 (5) |
