| OKEEFFE | Georgia ___, American artist who died in 1986 at the age of 98 |
| ELI | Actor Wallach who died in 2014 at the age of 98 |
| BASQUIAT | Jean-Michel ___, American artist who died of a heroin overdose in 1988 at the age of 27 |
| MIKETYSON | American former boxer who became the youngest heavyweight champion in history in 1986 at the age of 20 years and 4 months: 2 wds. |
| TYSON | Mike, US boxer who became the youngest ever heavyweight boxing champion in 1986 at the age of 20 (5) |
| BESTALL | Alfred, illustrator of the Rupert Bear tales who died in 1986 (7) |
| LIFAR | Serge, director at the Paris Opera Ballet who died in 1986 (5) |
| ABIR | This Moroccan-born American artist, who includes Etta James, Beyonce, and Celine Dion in her list of influences, produced the EPs Mint in 2018 and Heat in 2020. (4) |
| CHAGALL | Artist who died in 1985 aged 97, noted for his use of saturated, contrasting colours in pieces such |
| GEE | Dustin ?, impressionist and comedy partner of Les Dennis who died in 1986 (3) |
| HARING | Keith, American graffiti artist who died in 1990 (6) |
| LACEY | Performance artist who died in 2016 whose sculptures include 1966's The Womaniser (5,5) |
| BRUCE | Performance artist who died in 2016 whose sculptures include 1966's The Womaniser (5,5) |
| ROTOLO | Suze ___, American artist and former girlfriend of Bob Dylan seen walking with him on the cover of his album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan |
| WARING | Eddie ?, rugby league commentator and television presenter who died in 1986 |
| MOORE | Famous British sculptor who died in 1986 (5,5) |
| HENRY | Famous British sculptor who died in 1986 (5,5) |
| ELIO | .... de Angelis, Italian racing driver who died in 1986 (4) |
| PEARS | Peter, English operatic tenor who died in 1986 (5) |
| EDDIE | BBC TV rugby league commentator who died in 1986; 1943-44 Dewsbury RLFC coach (5) |
