| THALIA | The Muse of comedy and pastoral poetry |
| BOUCHER | French Rococo artist and tapestry designer noted for portraits of Madame de Pompadour and pastoral scenes including The Billet-Doux, Landscape with a Watermill and The Dovecote (7) |
| SHEPHERDS | Guardians of grazing flocks depicted in pastoral poetry, symbols of Christmas because of their association with the biblical nativity of Jesus Christ (9) |
| ATKINSON | Surname shared by Rowan of comedy and Ron of football |
| THALIAS | Muse of comedy in Greek myth, and her namesakes |
| SAG | Award with a nude statuette holding a mask of comedy and a mask of tragedy: Abbr. |
| EDDIE | Mr. Murphy of comedy and movies |
| DAPHNIS | Mythological Sicilian shepherd said to be the inventor of pastoral poetry (7) |
| PASTRY | Danish extremes of pastoral poetry (6) |
| HUN | A member of a nomadic and pastoral people who originated in northern central Asia (3) |
| LEADONLEADON | Tease a mob boss whose turf is grassy and pastoral? |
| BASSANO | Jacopo, 16c Italian painter whose works include Calvary and Pastoral (7) |
| ECLOGUE | European prompt to acquire diary and pastoral work (7) |
| THEOCRITUS | Sicily-born creator of ancient Greek pastoral poetry whose idylls include Thyrsis (10) |
| THEKINGOFIDYLLS | Pastoral poetry master? |
| AMARYLLIS | Name in pastoral poetry for a shepherdess or country girl (9) |
| ECLOGUES | Cryptic clue goes in pastoral poetry (8) |
| WILLIAMS | British composer noted for his "Sea", "London" and "Pastoral" Symphonies, etc. (5,7,8) |
| RALPH | British composer noted for his "Sea", "London" and "Pastoral" Symphonies, etc. (5,7,8) |
| VAUGHAN | British composer noted for his "Sea", "London" and "Pastoral" Symphonies, etc. (5,7,8) |
