| CHAPMAN | Graham -, member of the Monty Python comedy team who died in 1989 (7) |
| GRAHAM | Writer and member of the Monty Python comedy team who died in 1989 (6,7) |
| LAROCHE | Guy ___, French fashion designer who died in 1989 (7) |
| IDLE | Eric ___, member of the Monty Python comedy team (4) |
| ERICIDLE | Member of the Monty Python comedy team (4,4) |
| PALIN | Michael, member of the "Monty Python" comedy team (5) |
| OLIVIER | Ennobled English actor who died in 1989 (7) |
| MILLIGAN | Spike ___, writer and member of The Goons comedy team who died in 2002 (8) |
| TERRYJONES | Welsh member of the Monty Python comedy team |
| INNES | Neil, singer-comedian and associate of the Monty Python comedy team (5) |
| BRITBIT | Monty Python comedy sketch? |
| GRAHAMCHAPMAN | One of the six members of Monty Python, who died in 1989 aged 48 (6,7) |
| JOHNCLEESE | Member of the Monty Python comedy troupe who co-wrote and starred in the sitcom Fawlty Towers (4,6) |
| MICHAELPALIN | Member of the Monty Python comedy group knighted in 2019 (7,5) |
| WILLIAMSCOTT | 20c Scottish still-life painter who died in 1989 (7,5) |
| ERIC | _ Idle, member of old Monty Python comedy group (4) |
| HIROHITO | Emperor of Japan who died in 1989 (8) |
| DALI | Salvador, Spanish surrealist painter who died in 1989 (4) |
| ROBINSON | Sugar Ray, U.S. boxer who died in 1989 (8) |
| REVIE | Don ..... , England football manager from 1974-77 who died in 1989 (5) |
