| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| SEGUED | Was smooth, as a stand-up comic |
| KINGOFTHEJAPES | Tarzan as a stand-up comic? |
| DIED | Bombed, as a stand-up comic |
| KILLS | Does superbly, as a stand-up comic |
| HECKLE | Torment a stand-up comic |
| NEVERSAYDIE | Persevere, like a stand-up comic? |
| DIELAUGHING | Be slain by a stand-up comic? |
| MIKE | Apt name for a stand-up comic |
| LMOTHERAW | Frequent target of a stand-up comic |
| BOBNEWHART | Stand-up comic with a "button-down mind" |
| STOOL | Stage item accompanying many a stand-up comic |
| POUNDSTONE | Ezra and Irving's memoir of a stand-up comic? |
| IWENTTOABOOKSTOREANDI | Start of a quip by stand-up comic Brian Kiley |
| SAHL | Stand-up comic famous for carrying a rolled-up newspaper onstage |
