| PATROCLUS | Friend of Achilles who was killed in the Trojan War (9) |
| HECTOR | Who Achilles killed in the Trojan War |
| AJAX | Greek hero, cousin of Achilles, who fought in the Trojan War (4) |
| MAGELLAN | Portuguese explorer who was killed in the Philippines in 1521 (8) |
| IKECLANTON | Member of a group of outlaw Cowboys whose brother Billy was killed in the Gunfight at the OK Corral |
| CARMEL | Myra McQueen's daughter in Hollyoaks, who was killed in the recent train crash (6) |
| NEOPTOLEMUS | In Greek mythology, the son of the warrior Achilles who slays King Priam after the fall of Troy (11) |
| AGAMEMNON | In Greek mythology, the brother of Menelaus and king of Mycenae, who led the Greeks in the Trojan War (9) |
| TYNDAREUS | Mythological king of Sparta and stepfather of Helen of Troy who instigated an oath that was a key aspect in the Trojan War (9) |
| IDOMENEUS | In Greek myths, a king of Crete who fought on the Greek side in the Trojan War (9) |
| JAMESDEAN | Who was driving a Porsche Spyder when he was killed in 1955? (5,4) |
| RADIOSTAR | Source of waves in outer space video killed in the song (5,4) |
| TROTSKY | Surname of the Marxist who was killed in Mexico City with an ice axe, in 1940 (7) |
| ACHILLES | He is the principal character in Homer's Iliad, son of Peleus, king of the Myrmidons in Thessaly and Thetis. He and his closest friend and lover, Patroclus, joined the Greeks in the Trojan War. Who is |
| DUNCANI | King of Scotland from 1034-40 who was killed in battle by Macbeth (6,1) |
| CRAZYHORSE | Sioux chief who helped defeat Custer at Little Bighorn and who was killed in custody a year later (5,5) |
| GIANNIVERSACE | Italian fashion designer noted for his daring style who was killed in Florida in 1997 (6,7) |
| DUTCHSCHULTZ | US criminal born Arthur Flegenheimer who was killed in 1935 (5,7) |
| CAMPBELL | Malcolm -, who was killed in his boat Bluebird on Coniston Water |
| MARLOWE | Elizabethan playwright who was killed in tavern brawl (7) |
