| CEDRIC | Comedian called 'The Entertainer' |
| CED | Nickname of the comedian called "The Entertainer" |
| JOHNNYCARSON | Late-night comedian called "The Prince of Darkness" |
| BERLE | Comedian called "the thief of bad gags" |
| NORM | With 44-Across, comedian called "The Master of Malaprop" |
| SYKES | A comedian called Wanda |
| DISABLED | A comedian called James returned wounded and unable to perform (8) |
| KAYE | What was the surname of the entertainer who played the title role in the 1952 film musical Hans Christian Andersen? (4) |
| RAGTIMEANTHEM | Scott Joplin's 'The Entertainer,' for the film 'The Sting'? [Doctorow-Rand] |
| RAG | Scott Joplin's music, used in the movie The Sting, included The Entertainer and Pineapple ... |
| SCOTTJOPLIN | Ragtime performer who composed The Entertainer, memorably used as the theme for The Sting (5,6) |
| PLEASER | The unfortunate relapse of the entertainer... (7) |
| NEIGHBORHOOD | "The ___"; Cedric the Entertainer series |
| SOUL | "The ___ Man"; Cedric the Entertainer series |
| PIERROT | Before the nonsense there's support for the entertainer (7) |
| HINGED | The siren goes off, drowning a note by the entertainer (6) |
| SINGED | The siren goes off, drowning a note by the entertainer (6) |
| RICE | The cheap, sordid musichall performer in John Osborne's The Entertainer (6,4) |
| ARCHIE | The cheap, sordid musichall performer in John Osborne's The Entertainer (6,4) |
| SINGER | The siren goes off, drowning a note by the entertainer |
