| SANDI | Comedienne and author of novels Hitler's Canary and Flying Under Bridges (5,7) |
| JOBRAND | British comedienne and author of the novel Sorting Out Billy (2,5) |
| MEERASYAL | Comedienne and author of the novel Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee (5,4) |
| INCOGNITO | Mix gin and tonic and love flying under the radar (9) |
| FUI | Flying Under Influence (3) |
| TRACEYULLMAN | Actress, comedienne and singer whose hit singles included cover versions of They Don't Know and Move Over Darling |
| SYAL | Meera _, comedienne and author who penned Anita and Me (4) |
| FRENCH | Dawn -; comedienne and writer who played Geraldine Granger in The Vicar of Dibley (6) |
| DRABBLE | Jigsaw-puzzle enthusiast and author of novels including A Summer Bird-Cage and The Millstone who has edited two editions of The Oxford Companion to English Literature (7) |
| CLARY | Julian ___, comedian and author of novels Devil in Disguise and Murder Most Fab (5) |
| GRAY | Muriel ?, broadcaster and author of novels The Ancient and Furnace (4) |
| BADDIEL | David ?, comedian and author of novels Time for Bed and Whatever Love Means |
| THELAW | "___, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal loaves of bread": Anatole France |
| MULE | Offspring of a donkey and a horse; hybrid of a canary and another finch; a numismatic "error" coin; or, a cotton-spinning machine (4) |
| OSMAN | Richard -, television presenter and author of novels including The Bullet That Missed |
| SARA | English comedienne and writer, _ Pascoe (4) |
| MEERA | Comedienne and writer, _ Syal (5) |
| BROOKNER | Anita, English art historian and writer of novels such as Latecomers and The Next Big Thing (8) |
| LESLEYGOREVIDAL | Singer who recorded "You Don't Own Me" and author of novel "Julian" |
| NOSES | Where you'll find inspirational places under bridges? (5) |
