| NINETTE | ____ Veale, mother of stand-up comedian Russell Howard who features in his TV comedy road trip series (7) |
| BOOTHBYGRAFFOE | Lincolnshire village; stage name of stand-up comedian and musician James Rogers |
| BOTTOMSUP | 1960 film starring Jimmy Edwards in a spin-off of his TV comedy series Whack-O! |
| SILICONCHIP | Computer component I left - screen feature in his PC, possibly |
| BEARD | Lincoln facial feature, in his later years |
| NEWS | Good _, optimistic Russell Howard show (4) |
| DATE | Comedy road trip with Zach Galifianakis, Due... (4) |
| IDENTITYTHIEF | 2013 comedy road trip film starring Jason Batean and Melissa McCarthy (8,5) |
| LEICESTER | Earl of ___, a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I of England who features in Walter Scott's novel Kenilw |
| HOLMES | Surname of a fictional detective who features in four novels and 56 short stories including A Study in Scarlet and The Hound of the Baskervilles (6) |
| TOMTHUMB | Who features in the first fairy tale printed in English, in 1621? (3,5) |
| JEEVES | Valet character who features in many short stories and novels written by the author who was known as |
| ASLAN | CS Lewis's magical and heroic lion who features in The Chronicles Of Narnia (5) |
| RUSSELL | English comedian, writer and actor who features in the 2014 documentary, A Royal Hangover, - Brand (7) |
| DOCTORFINLAY | Creation of A.J. Cronin who features in the novel Beyond This Place (6,6) |
| ESMERELDA | Gypsy girl who features in Victor Hugo's 1831 novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame (9) |
| CHAN | Charlie, detective creation of Earl Biggers who features in the novel The House Without A Key (4) |
| GOODMAN | Surname of the fictitious family who feature in the TV sitcom Friday Night Dinner (7) |
| LARKIN | Surname of the family who feature in H.E. Bates's novel The Darling Buds Of May (6) |
| BRAND | Comedian Russell who could mark cattle (5) |
