| TALLADEGA | Will Ferrell NASCAR comedy, ...Nights: The Ball ad of Ricky Bobby (9) |
| PROMO | Dance ball advertisement (5) |
| CRACKINGUP | At the amateur comedy night, the omelet chef had the audience ___ |
| KAPIL | Sharma of Comedy nights |
| NASCAR | Org. featured in "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" |
| NIGHTS | Talladega ___: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, 2006 Will Ferrell film (6) |
| OPENMICER | Participant at a "show up and go up" comedy night |
| HANDBILLS | Ads of a sort |
| BOBBY | Will Ferrell comedy, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky ... (5) |
| JENNIFERGARNER | Co-star of Ricky Gervais in the romantic comedy film The Invention of Lying |
| SUNSET | Associated with the Rayleighscattered colours of the "red sky at night", the daily fading below the horizon of Earth's nearest star (6) |
| SEDUCER | A present-day adaptation of the Fyodor Dostoevsky short story White Nights, The - (7) |
| GERVAIS | Surname of Ricky, creator of The Office (7) |
| TESSIE | Music hall star Ms. O'Shea who shared the billing the famous night The Beatles first ap- peared on "The ed Sullivan Show" in 1964 |
| SMASH | Brand of instant mashed potatoes whose 1970s commercials were voted television advert of the century by Campaign Magazine |
| SICEM | Iconic tagline for Antz Pantz ad of 1989, '___ Rex!' (3,2) |
| SPLITSECOND | Very short, per ad of time (5.6) |
| EACH | Unforgettable soap advertisement of the 60s: "You'll be a little lovelier ... day, with fabulous pin |
| EACHDAY | Unforgettable soap advertisement of the 60s: "You'll be a little lovelier ..., with fabulous pink Ca |
| STEPHEN | Comedy writing partner of Ricky Gervais, _ Merchant (7) |