| STIEGLARSSON | Best-selling Swedish author whose 'Millennium Trilogy' was published after his death in 2004 (5,7) |
| ENGMAN | Pascal -, Swedish author whose novel Femicide was published in the UK in September (6) |
| MAUREEN | and 26ac, Actress married to playwright Jack Rosenthal from 1974 until his death in 2004 |
| LIPMAN | see 38ac, Actress married to playwright Jack Rosenthal from 1974 until his death in 2004 |
| ABBA | All-time best-selling Swedish music group |
| JAKES | John whose Civil War trilogy was adapted as a miniseries starring Patrick Swayze |
| IAN | Gandalf in The Lord Of The Rings trilogy was played by, Sir ... McKellen |
| NEWZEALAND | Where the entirety of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy was filmed |
| NEWATLANTIS | Utopian novel by Francis Bacon published after his death in 1626 (3,8) |
| RESURRECTION | Rising of Christ from the tomb three days after his death (12) |
| ROOSEVELT | During his time in office, and after his death in 1945, his wife played a formidable role in American public life (9) |
| RAPHAEL | Whose painting The Transfiguration in the Vatican was completed by another painter after his death in 1520? (7) |
| HERO | ? and Leander, Christopher Marlowe poem published after his death |
| ANNABEL | ___ Lee , lyric poem by Edgar Allan Poe published two days after his death in 1849 |
| ROBINSON | Edward G. ---, Romanian American actor famous for his gangster roles, awarded an honorary Oscar after his death in 1973 (8) |
| LARSSON | Stieg ---, Swedish author of the Millennium trilogy of novels, featuring Lisbeth Salander (7) |
| WOMAN | The first John Lennon single issued after his death in December 1980 |
| EDWIN | King of Northumbria who converted to Christianity, venerated as a saint after his death in battle (5) |
| WOGAN | Whose statue was unveiled on Harvey's Quay in Limerick in 2017, a year after his death? (5) |
| BULLET | This black and silver German shepherd was a regular on the 1950s TV show The Roy Rogers Show. After his death, he was displayed at the Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Museum and in 2010 was sold at auction |
