| 100% | BERLE | 5 | Comedian who said "Laughter is an instant vacation" |
| 47% | ELLEN | 5 | Comedian who said "Embrace who you are. Literally. Hug yourself," familiarly |
| 47% | REDSKELTON | 10 | Comedian who got an Honorary Doctorate (said to be in "Foolology") from Ball State: 2 wds. |
| 45% | SIDCAESAR | 9 | Fifties TV comedian who said, “Comedy is exaggerated truth” |
| 45% | JOANRIVERS | 10 | Comedian who once said, "My audiences are my group therapy" |
| 44% | SHERLOCKHOLMES | 14 | Who said "There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact" |
| 43% | WCFIELDS | 8 | Comedian who said "I once spent a year in Philadelphia. I think it was on a Sunday" |
| 40% | NERO | 4 | Roman emperor who said before dying "What an artist the world is losing in me!" |
| 40% | NERO | 4 | Roman emperor who said before dying, "What an artist the world is losing in me!" |
| 40% | EYRE | 4 | Jane who says "I am a free human being with an independent will" |
| 39% | LARRYDAVID | 10 | Brooklyn-born comedian who was an executive producer of 27-Across and 32/38-Across: 2 wds. |
| 39% | MAE | 3 | West who said, "Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution" |
| 39% | CHE | 3 | Who said "The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall" |
| 38% | EYRE | 4 | Literary Jane who says "No net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will" |
| 38% | CALVIN | 6 | Comics title character who says "Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery" |
| 38% | REDSKELETON | 11 | Comedian who says no body's perfect? |
| 38% | GILDA | 5 | Comedian Radner who was an original cast member on "Saturday Night Live" |
| 37% | SPIED | 5 | Was an agent, say |
| 37% | GLOAT | 5 | Be an ungracious winner, say |
| 37% | CAMUS | 5 | French author who said "An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself" |
| 37% | OLIVER | 6 | Comedian John who is said to resemble a love child of Harry Potter and Owl from "Winnie-the-Pooh" |
| 36% | HEDBERG | 7 | Comedian Mitch who said "I haven't slept for 10 days, because that would be too long" |
| 36% | MRT | 3 | TV personality who once said in an ad, "The only thing bolder than Fuze Iced Tea is ME!" |
| 36% | MAO | 3 | Who said "Politics is war without bloodshed" |
| 35% | MARX | 4 | Who said "Revolutions are the locomotives of history" |
| 35% | CARLIN | 6 | Comedian who said "In America, anyone can become president. That's the problem" |
| 35% | EMO | 3 | Comedian Philips who said, "A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kickboxing" |
| 34% | MAO | 3 | Who said "Where there is oppression, there is resistance" |
| 34% | FREUD | 5 | Who said "Where id is, there shall ego be" |
| 34% | MAEWEST | 7 | Who said "A man's kiss is his signature" |