| DESDEMONA | A Shakespearean heroine who was murdered by a jealous husband |
| CALLISTO | Nymph who was transformed into a bear by a jealous Juno, per Ovid |
| OTHELLO | Shakespeare play about a jealous husband |
| JULIET | Fiction project about a Shakespearean heroine (6) |
| PORTIA | A Shakespearean heroine (6) |
| JANEEYRE | Bronte heroine who was a governess |
| JOAN | 15th Century French heroine who was executed for heresy by the English (4,2,3) |
| EDMUNDI | Known as "the Elder", Athelstan's successor as King of England who was murdered by an exiled robber during a brawl and buried at Glastonbury Abbey (6,1) |
| GOW | Ian ..., MP who was murdered by the Provisional IRA in 1990 (3) |
| REMUS | Figure in Roman mythology who was murdered by his brother (5) |
| ABEL | The son of Adam and Eve, who was murdered by Cain (4) |
| TINA | ___ Carter, Albert Square woman who was murdered by Gray Atkins (4) |
| SEB | Tragic Coronation Street lad who was murdered by Corey Brent (3,8) |
| FRANKLIN | Tragic Coronation Street lad who was murdered by Corey Brent (3,8) |
| MRPEANUT | Monocled mascot who was murdered by the Planters ad team during Super Bowl LII |
| HARCOURT | Dilly _, Chester resident who was murdered by her uncle (8) |
| KYLIE | David Platt's late wife, who was murdered by Shona Ramsey's son in Corrie (5) |
| FINN | Ross and Pete Barton's younger sibling, who was murdered by their disturbed mother in the Dales (4) |
| CLEITUS | Senior officer in the Macedonian army who was murdered by Alexander the Great in 328BC (7) |
| HYPATIA | Greek philosopher murdered by a Christian mob in 415 A.D. (7) |
