| NODI | Ian Fleming's doctor died before one, causing complications (4) |
| DISRAELI | English statesman died before one from Tel Aviv, maybe (8) |
| MAGELLAN | Portuguese explorer who died before one remaining ship from his fleet completed the first voyage round the world in 1519-22 (8) |
| DEDICATED | Devoted doctor died before animal given drug departed (9) |
| DPHIL | In brief, doctor died before he got to marry Liz (5) |
| REED | Surname of actor Oliver who died before finishing filming of 'Gladiator' (2000) (4) |
| NERO | Ruler who died before the fiddle's invention |
| DRAX | Sir Hugo --, character in Ian Fleming's novel 'Moonraker' (4) |
| POTT | Caractacus, inventor in Ian Fleming's book Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang, published in 1964 (4) |
| WINT | Accomplice of the assassin Kidd in Ian Fleming's James Bond novel Diamonds Are Forever (1956) (4) |
| DRNO | Ian Fleming's sixth James Bond novel |
| ETON | Ian Fleming's alma mater (and the school that expelled James Bond) |
| FROM | Ian Fleming's ___ Russia with Love |
| BOND | Ian Fleming's fictional spy, James ___ |
| EYES | Ian Fleming's collection of James Bond short stories, For Your ... Only |
| LOVE | From Russia with ___ 1963 British spy film which is based on Ian Fleming's novel of the same name starring Sean Connery |
| TOOKNOPART | Accepted the role of Fleming's Doctor or remained aloof (4,2,4) |
| DISTURBED | Mentally ill doctor died with burst inside (9) |
| INTERNED | With movement restricted, foreign doctor died |
| UPBRAIDED | Finished with supporter, doctor died, reproached (9) |
