| BENJONSON | Writer of the comedy play The Alchemist (3,6) |
| ALCHEMIST | 'The ---', comedy play by Ben Jonson featuring the character Dol Common (9) |
| LESAGE | Author of the comedy Turcaret and the picaresque novel Gil Blas (6) |
| STEAMIE | The ----, comedy play by Tony Roper (7) |
| UDALL | Nicholas, English author of the comedy drama Ralph Roister Doister (5) |
| NEILSIMON | US writer of the 1963 romantic comedy play Barefoot in the Park (4,5) |
| ADAMHILLS | Australian host of the comedy talk show The Last Leg |
| ANDTHEMAN | Comedy play by George Bernard Shaw whose title comes from the opening words of Virgil's Aeneid (4,3,3,3) |
| ERNIEWISE | Member of the comedy duo whose first TV show was Running Wild in 1954 |
| COMMON | Prostitute in Ben Jonson stage play The Alchemist |
| DOL | Prostitute in Ben Jonson stage play The Alchemist (3,6) |
| JONSON | Ben ?, author of stage plays The Alchemist and Volpone who died in 1637 (6) |
| JEMAINECLEMENT | One half of the comedy duo Flight of the Conchords (7,7) |
| EPHESUS | Greek city that is the setting of The Comedy Of Errors (7) |
| BIRDCAGE | Robin Williams starred in the 1996 remake of the comedy La Cage Aux Folles, The ... |
| LOU | First name of the first half of the comedy team, Abbott and Costello |
| GATISS | Mark ___, member of the comedy team The League of Gentlemen who co-created and co-produced Sherlock with Steven Moffat |
| HARPO | Name of one of the comedy Marx brothers (5) |
| KRISTIN | Star of the comedy Sex and the City, ------- Davis (7) |
| ODDIE | Bill, actor who is a member of the comedy trio The Goodies (5) |
