| ALEXEI | ___ Sayle, stand-up comedian born in Liverpool in 1952 (6) |
| BOARDMAN | Stan, English comedian born in Liverpool in 1937 (8) |
| BAINBRIDGE | Novelist born in Liverpool in 1932 remembered for books including The Dressmaker, The Bottle Factory |
| LYCETT | Joe, stand-up comedian born in Birmingham in 1988 (6) |
| SHAPPI | _ Khorsandi, stand-up comedian born in Iran (6) |
| IZZARD | Eddie, English stand-up comedian born in 1962 and noted for her marathon running (6) |
| GORMAN | Dave, English stand-up comedian born in 1971 who created Googlewhack Adventures (6) |
| CHUBBY | Roy ____ Brown, stand-up comedian born in 1945 (6) |
| ANGELA | ____ Barnes, English stand-up comedian born in 1976 (6) |
| GAMBLE | Ed, stand-up comedian born in 1986 noted for his podcast with Ray Peacock (6) |
| LOBELL | Daniel ****** , US stand-up comedian born in New York (6) |
| ATOMIC | ____ Kitten, girl group founded in Liverpool in 1998 (6) |
| VERMIN | With leading parts of Mike, Rick, Vyvyan and Neil plus Alexei Sayle, ultimately playing scumbags (6) |
| SAYLE | Alexei, English stand-up comedian born In 1952 (5) |
| OLGA | ____ Koch, stand-up comedian born in Saint Petersburg in 1992 (4) |
| REGINALDDHUNTER | American stand-up comedian born in 1969 (8,1,6) |
| BAPTISTE | Dane, English stand-up comedian born in 1984 who starred in the TV sitcom Sunny D (8) |
| MACAULAY | Fred, Scottish stand-up comedian born in 1956 (8) |
| DJALILI | Omid, British-Iranian stand-up comedian born in 1965 (7) |
| MICKY | Stand-up comedian born in 1962, ----- Flanagan (5) |
