| SELEUCUS | - I Nicator, Macedonian general who founded a dynasty after the death of Alexander the Great |
| ANTIGONUS | Macedonian nobleman who declared himself king after the death of Alexander the Great in 306 BC (9) |
| PTOLEMYI | Alexander the Great's Macedonian general who became ruler of 'gypt and founded a dynasty named after him (7,1) |
| ANTIOCH | Ancient city (in present-day Turkey) founded by Seleucus I Nicator, one of Alexander the Great's generals (7) |
| NINTH | Curse of the -; superstition in the classical music world invented by Arnold Schoenberg after the death of composer Gustav Mahler (5) |
| ASSYRIA | Emerging as an independent state in the 14th century BCE, it became a major power in Mesopotamia, Armenia, and sometimes in northern Syria, before declining after the death of Tukulti-Ninurta I about |
| KAFKA | The Trial is one of three novels published after the death of which Czech novelist? (5) |
| JOSHUA | Leader of the Israelite tribes after the death of Moses (6) |
| ETZEL | In German legend, the second husband of Kriemhild after the death of Siegfried (5) |
| CALIPH | A Muslim civil and religious leader in the period after the death of Muhammad (6) |
| MILLARDFILLMORE | ___ was the last US president from the Whig party, taking office after the death of Zachary Taylor in 1850 |
| ALEXANDRA | Danish wife of Edward VII who became queen consort in 1901 after the death of Queen Victoria (9) |
| MALCOLM | Who, in Shakespeare's play, becomes king of Scotland after the death of Macbeth? (7) |
| TAGGART | Detective series that aired for over 15 years after the death of Mark McManus, who played the title character |
| CALLOW | The funeral in Four Weddings and a Funeral takes place after the death of Gareth, played by whom? (6) |
| DUEL | Event which caused the death of Alexander Hamilton. (4) |
| FINALCURTAIN | You always get that after the death of a salesman, for instance, as there will be no show after this (5,7) |
| PRINCES | - in the Tower; Edward V and his brother Richard who disappeared aged 12 and 9 respectively after the death of their father Edward IV in 1483 (7) |
| DAVIDKOSSOFF | British actor who became an anti-drug campaigner after the death of his son Paul, guitarist in the band Free |
| MADURO | Became President of Venezuela in 2013 after the death of Hugo Chavez (6) |
