| 100% | STANDUP | 7 | Comedian who tells jokes to a live audience |
| 43% | BOBHOPE | 7 | Comedian who lived to 100 |
| 40% | BOB | 3 | Comedian Hope who lived to age 100 |
| 39% | IHATEYOU | 8 | Mock response to a friend who pulls a practical joke |
| 39% | EDDIE | 5 | ___ Murphy, actor who was a stand-up comedian before rising to fame as a regular cast member on "Saturday Night Live" from 1980-1984 |
| 39% | IGOTONE | 7 | "My turn to tell a joke" |
| 39% | LEWISBLACK | 10 | Comedian who has been a contributor to 27-Across since 1996 (2 wds.) |
| 39% | HOGWILD | 7 | Audience reaction to a comedian, at times? |
| 38% | ELLENDEGENERES | 14 | Comedian who starred in a self-titled sitcom from 1994 to 1998: 2 wds. |
| 38% | STEVEHARVEY | 11 | Comedian who starred in a self-titled sitcom from 1996 to 2002: 2 wds. |
| 38% | NORM | 4 | ___ McDonald, Canadian comedian who was a key member of "Saturday Night Live" |
| 37% | BOO | 3 | Audience response to a joke that goes too far |
| 37% | SURVIVOR | 8 | Person who lives to tell the tale after accident |
| 37% | EMCEE | 5 | "Cabaret" character who acts as a host to the audience |
| 37% | ELIZABETHBENNET | 15 | *High-spirited woman who tells Mr. Darcy: "Your defect is a propensity to hate everybody" |
| 36% | AMUSE | 5 | Tell jokes to, say |
| 36% | REDD | 4 | Comedian Chris who has been a regular on "Saturday Night Live" since 2017 |
| 36% | EDDIE | 5 | Comedian Murphy who was a regular on "Saturday Night Live" in the 1980s |
| 36% | ROUTINE | 7 | Set of jokes or gags told by a stand-up comedian |
| 36% | ALEX | 4 | Comedian Moffat who played Guy Who Just Bought a Boat on "Saturday Night Live" |
| 36% | ART{LOVE}R | 10 | Someone who might dream of running away to live in a museum |
| 36% | JOANRIVERS | 10 | Comedian who was the first woman to host a late-night talk show on a major network: 2 wds. |
| 36% | STANDUP | 7 | Comedy performed in front of a live audience |
| 35% | COMEDIAN | 8 | One who tells jokes |
| 35% | GEORGELOPEZ | 11 | Comedian who starred in a self-titled sitcom from 2002 to 2007, and another that started in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 35% | GYMNEIGHBORS | 12 | People who live next to a Y? |
| 35% | JAN | 3 | Actress Hooks who was a regular on "Saturday Night Live" from 1986 to 1991 |
| 35% | NOMAD | 5 | Person who lives a life of little pleasures, wandering about from place to place |
| 34% | DEADMAN | 7 | A DC Comics superhero who is a disembodied spirit and is able to possess any living being |
| 34% | MULANEY | 7 | John ___, American stand-up comedian and actor who was a writer for "Saturday Night Live" |