| CLAUDIUS | Fourth emperor of Rome (41-54 AD), thought to have been poisoned by his fourth wife, Agrippina (8) |
| ICLAUDIUS | Historical novel by English writer Robert Graves that deals with the life of the fourth emperor of Rome (1,8) |
| ANNE | The forename of Henry VIII's second wife and also his fourth wife (4) |
| TASTER | He had little to eat and might have been poisoned (6) |
| BREE | Summer Bay medic who thinks John and Marilyn have been poisoned (4,7) |
| CAMERON | Summer Bay medic who thinks John and Marilyn have been poisoned (4,7) |
| TOM | ___ Arnold split from his 4th wife (3) |
| NERO | Roman emperor who succeeded Claudius in 54 AD |
| HABAKKUK | Eighth of the twelve minor prophetic books of the Old Testament, thought to have been written in the late 7th century BC (8) |
| ETONMESS | English summer dessert thought to have been first mentioned in print by Arthur Beavan in 1896 (4,4) |
| POSEIDON | Greek sea god had been poisoned in error (8) |
| BELIEVED | Thought to have been convinced (8) |
| EURYDICE | Character poisoned by viper in myth, lament arising over unknown bones (8) |
| LETHALLY | Bad way to be poisoned |
| BRUCKNER | Anton ____ was so pleased with Hans Richter's conducting of his fourth symphony that he gave him a one thaler tip to buy some beer |
| LASVEGAS | 2024 grand prix in which Max Verstappen won his fourth Formula One title (3,5) |
| ALPACINO | Actor who fathered his fourth child at age 83 |
| VERMEER | Dutch master whose treatment of shadow and light in his paintings including Girl Interrupted at her Music, Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Astronomer and The Lacemaker is thought to have been aided by |
| INDEX | Thought to have been inspired by the shape of a feathered arrow, a typography symbol in the form of a pointing hand, also called a manicule (5) |
| BRICK | Word, thought to have been introduced by Flemish workmen, for a baked, fired or sun-dried building block of clay; a loaf of bread; a toy wooden block thus shaped; or, a red or deep terracotta colour ( |
