| PALIN | Michael whose initials match those of his famous comedy troupe |
| SAM | "Uncle" whose initials match the country he personifies |
| RUDOLPH | ...one of his famous helpers - Valentino or Nureyev, say (7) |
| CAPNS | Crunch of cereal fame, and those of his rank |
| BUBLE | Burnaby-BritishColumbia-born singer Michael whose 2011 album 'Christmas' topped the charts |
| THEHOMESTRETCH | Match those three, minus one - almost there! (3,4,7) |
| PLIGHT | Fix player's initial match (6) |
| HARDY | Robust half of a famous comedy duo (5) |
| ERNIEWISE | Member of famous comedy duo (5,4) |
| MEARA | Anne of a famous comedy duo |
| STOOGE | Any member of a famous comedy trio |
| MILKWOOD | Shortly before his death, Welsh poet Dylan Thomas narrated on radio his famous work set in the village of Llareggub, Under ... (4,4) |
| EBWHITE | Author whose initials can be anagrammed into the second word of his most famous work |
| LAHR | Of course he's a Leo, considering his famous movie role (August 13, 1895) |
| BERT | Of course he's a Leo, considering his famous movie role (August 13, 1895) |
| IWOJIMA | Where did Joe Rosenthal take his famous photograph of Easy Company? (3,4) |
| NATO | Grp. whose initials in French are the reverse of its English initials |
| KCJONES | Hall of Fame Celtic whose initials are his given name |
| DANTE | Author of a famous "comedy" |
| LAURELAND | 'Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into' was the catchphrase of this famous comedy duo |
