Recipient of the inaugural Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Crossword Clue

• Comedian Richard who wrote "What I'm saying might be profane, but it's also profound"

  New York Times · Monday, August 28, 2023 · 5 letters

• Comic who said "I'm not addicted to cocaine. I just like the way it smells"

  New York Times · Friday, June 17, 2022 · 5 letters

• Comic whom Seinfeld called "the Picasso of our profession"

  New York Times · Saturday, August 22, 2020 · 5 letters

• Seinfeld called him "the Picasso of our profession"

  New York Times · Sunday, October 6, 2013 · 5 letters

• Sen. Mark of Arkansas

  New York Times · Friday, March 26, 2004 · 5 letters

• Funnyman Richard

  New York Times · Monday, January 1, 2001 · 5 letters

• He played the Wiz in "The Wiz"

  New York Times · Sunday, October 17, 1999 · 5 letters

• Comedian Richard

  New York Times · Monday, September 14, 1998 · 5 letters

• Richard of "Bustin' Loose"

  New York Times · Monday, June 20, 1994 · 5 letters

More clues from this crossword

• 40-Down Black heart?
• 41-Across ___ van Rossum, programmer who created the Python language
• 42-Across Lead-in to location
• 43-Across Ideal for home theaters, for short
• 44-Across Notably circular formations on Mars
• 44-Down Didgeridoo sound
• 45-Across Cup alternative
• 46-Across Ruckus
• 47-Across ___ table
• 47-Down Many a ten-code user
• 48-Across Flowers that are a source of the anti-inflammatory drug colchicine
• 49-Across Afghan region whose name means "black cave"