Related Clues:
- Chris Rock or Ellen DeGeneres
- Stand-up performer
- Joke teller
- Reservation taker's bane
- "B.C.," e.g.
- 12-Across tested 25-Down's faith by being one, inevitably, every year
- Appointment misser
- Sinbad or Chris Rock, e.g.
- Jesting sort
- Word before book or opera
- 'Pearls Before Swine,' e.g.
- Word with strip or relief
- Strip in the paper
- Rental-car company woe
- Word before strip or opera