| Performed without accompaniment | 31 |
| Performed without help | 22 |
| Performed wrongly | 17 |
| Performed, as a song | 20 |
| Performed, as a tune | 20 |
| Performed, as by a chorus | 25 |
| Performed, as one's duties | 30 |
| Performed, as the Castles | 25 |
| Performed, biblically | 21 |
| Performed, in a Shakespeare play | 32 |
| Performed, in a way | 19 |
| Performed, in Shakespeare | 25 |
| Performed, in the Bible | 23 |
| Performed, per Shakespeare | 26 |
| Performed, to the bard | 22 |
| Performer | 9 |
| Performer "trapped" in a box | 38 |
| Performer accompanied by Finnish folk music? | 44 |
| Performer after whom a clone was named | 38 |
| Performer at Caroline's | 27 |
| Performer at Clinton's first inaugural ball | 47 |
| Performer at Roosevelt Raceway | 30 |
| Performer at the Met | 20 |
| Performer at Woodstock | 22 |
| Performer becomes nonperformer | 30 |
| Performer born James Todd Smith | 31 |
| Performer dubbed "The Great Dane" | 43 |
| Performer featured on Peter Gabriel's "Come Talk to Me" | 69 |
| Performer for Gilbert & Sullivan | 36 |
| Performer from Centro, Calif. | 29 |
| Performer groups | 16 |
| Performer in a 7-million gallon tank | 36 |
| Performer in a 7-million-gallon pool | 36 |
| Performer in a cage | 19 |
| Performer in a cage? | 20 |
| Performer in a certain circus | 29 |
| Performer in a kilt | 19 |
| Performer in a play | 19 |
| Performer in a ring | 19 |
| Performer in a seven-million-gallon tank | 40 |
| Performer in every episode of "Laugh-In" | 50 |
| Performer in plaid, perhaps | 27 |
| Performer in the stage version of "Babe"? | 51 |
| Performer in the title role, usually | 36 |
| Performer in whiteface | 22 |
| Performer Jane et al. | 21 |
| Performer John | 14 |
| Performer Ken or Lena | 21 |
| Performer known for his escapes | 31 |
| Performer known for the peeling away of outer layers? | 53 |
| Performer Lopez | 15 |
| Performer of "Soul Sacrifice" at Woodstock | 52 |
| Performer of a balancing act?: Abbr. | 36 |
| Performer of a Christiania | 26 |
| Performer of a waggle dance | 27 |
| Performer of high-risk operations | 33 |
| Performer of many Dylan songs | 29 |
| Performer of prodigious feats | 29 |
| Performer of stand-up | 21 |
| Performer of the 1994 hit "You Gotta Be" | 50 |
| Performer of tricks? | 20 |
| Performer often trapped in a box | 32 |
| Performer on a 1980s TV music show | 34 |
| Performer on the road | 21 |
| Performer on the road? | 22 |
| Performer Ray | 13 |
| Performer Tiny | 14 |
| Performer Turner | 16 |
| Performer using lots of notes | 29 |
| Performer who distracts bulls | 29 |
| Performer who doesn't say a word | 36 |
| Performer who fills the club | 28 |
| Performer who has won 16 Grammys | 32 |
| Performer who is heard but not seen | 35 |
| Performer who may have a navel decoration | 41 |
| Performer who was like other performers, only better? | 53 |
| Performer who's charged | 27 |
| Performer who's fired up | 28 |
| Performer who's the descendant of a Japanese emperor | 56 |
| Performer with a balancing act | 30 |
| Performer with a big mouth? | 27 |
| Performer with a painted face | 29 |
| Performer with a painted-on smile | 33 |
| Performer with a self-titled ABC series in 1996 | 47 |
| Performer with a self-titled Comedy Central series from 2003 to 2006 | 68 |
| Performer with a self-titled HBO special in 2006 | 48 |
| Performer with a self-titled PBS series from 1977 to 1982 | 57 |
| Performer with a sword | 22 |
| Performer with a whip | 21 |
| Performer with Buffalo Bill | 27 |
| Performer with five #1 hits in his first year on the Billboard charts | 69 |
| Performer with Krupa and Kenton | 31 |
| Performer with many fans | 24 |
| Performer with many fans? | 25 |
| Performer with no lines | 23 |
| Performer with sinuous moves | 28 |
| Performer with the first million-selling record | 47 |
| Performer with the Tijuana Brass | 32 |
| Performer Yoko | 14 |
| Performer yukking it up | 23 |