| FRINGEBENEFITS | Part of Edinburgh festival helps extras (6,8) |
| FRINGE | Sports enclosure surrounded by iron for part of Edinburgh Festival? (6) |
| INFRINGE | Violate popular part of Edinburgh Festival |
| FETE | First of editorials in this newspaper on opening of Edinburgh festival (4) |
| CALTON | Part of Glasgow and higher part of Edinburgh for mostly local heavyweight (6) |
| LEITH | Port on Firth of Forth, part of Edinburgh (5) |
| CAMELOT | Rivers surround highest part of Edinburgh: Arthur's seat |
| ABBEYHILL | Part of Edinburgh near Holyrood Park (9) |
| FRINGEBENEFIT | An advantage of appearing at Edinburgh Festival maybe (6,7) |
| KEY | Tim -, 2009 Edinburgh Comedy Award winner at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe |
| COMEDY | Subject of the former Perrier Awards at the Edinburgh Festival (6) |
| ODOHERTY | David ___, winner of the 2008 Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (8) |
| MORAN | Dylan ___, 1996 winner of the Perrier Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (5) |
| ECLAIR | Jenny ___, winner of the 1995 Perrier Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (6) |
| BURNS | Brendon ___, winner of the 2007 Intelligent Finance Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (5 |
| MARENGHI | Garth ?, comedy character co-created and played by Matthew Holness, winner of the 2001 Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (8) |
| KITSON | Daniel ?, winner of the Perrier Comedy Award at the 2002 Edinburgh Festival Fringe (6) |
| SOLON | Laura ?, winner of the 2005 Perrier Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (5) |
| DYLAN | and 26ac, County Meath-born 1996 winner of the Perrier Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe |
| FALAFEL | Olaf -, Swedish stand-up comedian; 2019 Funniest Joke of The Fringe award winner at the Edinburgh Festival (7) |
