| ABBOT | Who's the monastery's boss? Comedian Russ apparently (5) |
| PANTHEISM | Belief that's unorthodox pains the monastery's head |
| PRIOR | Monastery's deputy head (5) |
| TIBET | Tashi Lhunpo Monastery's region |
| FIELD | Sid ?, comedian who starred in the 1940s films Cardboard Cavalier, London Town and That's the Ticket (5) |
| LEARY | Denis ?, comedian-actor who voices the character Diego in the Ice Age film series (5) |
| BRAND | Russell ?, comedian-actor who played the title role in 2011 film Arthur (5) |
| BOYCE | Max ?, comedian whose 1975 album We All Had Doctors" Papers topped the UK charts (5) |
| PRYOR | Richard ?, comedian-actor who played the title role in 1985 film Brewster's Millions (5) |
| HOGAN | Paul ?, comedian-actor who co-wrote and played the title role in 1986 adventure film Crocodile Dundee (5) |
| LLOYD | Harold ?, comedian who played the title role in 1947 film The Sin of Harold Diddlebock |
| STARR | Freddie ?, comedian and owner of 1994 Grand National-winning horse Miinnehoma (5) |
| SAYLE | Alexei ?, comedian-actor who authored 2000 book of short stories Barcelona Plates (5) |
| CLARY | Julian ?, comedian; author of novels Devil in Disguise and Murder Most Fab (5) |
| KUMAR | Nish ?, comedian who hosts The Mash Report on BBC2 |
| ELTON | Ben ?, comedian; author of novels This Other Eden and Blast from the Past |
| ASKEY | Arthur ?, comedian who starred as Tommy Gander in 1941 film The Ghost Train |
| SYKES | Eric ?, comedian-writer who authored 2005 volume of biography If I Don't Write It, Nobody Else Will (5) |
| VEGAS | Johnny ?, comedian born Michael Pennington whose credits include television sitcoms Dead Man Weds and Ideal (5) |
| LUCAS | Matt ?, comedian-actor who co-wrote, co-directed and starred in 2015 BBC TV series Pompidou (5) |
