| SOUSA | Composer who, as it happens, died in March (1932) |
| PURCELL | Composer who, as organist of Westminster Abbey, played at William and Mary's coronation (7) |
| EIN | "___ Engel" (song by the acclaimed composer Sofia Gubaidulina, who died in March, 2025) |
| PAT | Novelist Conroy who died in March |
| BENN | Veteran British socialist MP who died in March. (4) |
| CHUCKBERRY | Rock and roll pioneer who died in March 2017 |
| CAPTAINSCOTT | Explorer who died in March 1912 on the Ross Ice Shelf |
| WARNE | Shane ---, taker of 708 Test wickets for Australia between 1992-2007, who died in March (5) |
| JACK | Former CEO of GE ___ Welch died in March (4) |
| LYLE | Carol Burnett Show actor ___ Waggoner died in March (4) |
| KENNYROGERS | The Gambler singer died in March (5,6) |
| MOSES | Jewish lawgiver and judge who as a baby was hidden in bulrushes in the Nile (5) |
| DEFOE | Who, as legend has it, after hearing a story told by a sailor in a Bristol ale house, wrote Robinson Crusoe (1719)? (5) |
| ARETHAFRANKLIN | "Respect" singer who, as a child, sang in her church choir: 2 wds. |
| BEYONCEKNOWLES | "Halo" singer who, as a child, sang in her church choir: 2 wds. |
| PHOTOJOURNALIST | Pressman who as good as contributes thousands of words? |
| SLIMINLEGREE | Literary character who's as charmin' as a slug? |
| RUBY | A jockey, well-known, who's as hard as stone? (4) |
| WHITNEYHOUSTON | "So Emotional" singer who, as a child, sang in her church choir: 2 wds. |
| DIONYSUS | This child from Persephone and Zeus, who as an embryo was swallowed by Zeus and placed in body of Semele. |
