| UCCELLO | Artist who painted The Hunt in the Forest, one of his last major perspective pieces before his death in 1475 (7) |
| REED | Oliver ___, actor - one of his last roles was as Proximo in "Gladiator" (4) |
| FOLIESBERGERE | Parisian music hall cabaret depicted in a painting by Edouard Manet that became his last major work |
| RENEWS | Refreshes some pieces before new season |
| OPED | Paper's perspective piece |
| CODETALKERS | 107: Age of John Kinsel Sr., who before his death on Oct.19 was one of the last three of this group of Navajo World War II heroes |
| YORKTOWN | Site of the last major battle of the American Revolution in 1781, in SE Virginia south-east of Williamsburg (8) |
| EVESHAM | This town in Worcestershire was the location of the last major battle in the Barons' War (1265) |
| WOUNDEDKNEE | Site in South Dakota, US, of the last major battle of the Indian Wars in 1890 |
| DWARF | In The Year of Living Dangerously (1978), what was Billy Kwan, who was played by Linda Hunt in the 1 |
| WOUNDED | The Battle Of _ Knee, the last major armed conflict between the Great Sioux Nation and the US (7) |
| BULGE | Baffle of the _, the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during the Second World War (5) |
| MOUNTNEBO | Biblical location 'in the land of Moab' from which Moses viewed the Promised Land before his death (Deuteronomy 32:49) (5,4) |
| ANNEKA | First name of presenter Ms Rice on Treasure Hunt in the 1980s and in Strictly in 2019 (6) |
| MILKWOOD | Shortly before his death, Welsh poet Dylan Thomas narrated on radio his famous work set in the village of Llareggub, Under ... (4,4) |
| ARDENNES | Forested area which was the scene of intense fighting during the last major German attack of World War II (8) |
| FLACO | Owl that escaped from the Central Park Zoo in 2023 and became an online celebrity, before his death last month |
| CHRISTIANDIOR | French fashion designer, 1905-1957, who was on the cover of Time magazine six months before his death (9,4) |
| CAMACHO | Boxer whose nickname is the last five letters of his last name |
| KRIS | Songwriter-actor whose first name is also the first four letters of his last name |
