| LENNON | John -, late Beatle (6) |
| ARLOTT | John, late TV and radio cricket commentator (6) |
| OLIVIA | _ Newton-john, late Grease and Xanadu star (6) |
| MOTSON | John ...... , late football commentator known as Motty (6) |
| PILGER | John, late campaigning journalist, born in Sydney in 1939 (6) |
| JOHN | Late Beatle, ---- Lennon (4) |
| ISABELLA | JOHN'S LATE WIFE (DAYS, NO. 6 NAME) |
| PEEL | John -, late radio host (4) |
| MCCRIRICK | John - - -, late horse racing pundit |
| THAW | John ----, late Inspector Morse star (4) |
| HURT | Sir John - - -, late actor who starred in films including The Elephant Man and 1984 (4) |
| IAN | _ St John, late Scottish sportsman, coach and broadcaster (3) |
| DAWES | John -, late Wales, British and Irish Lions and Barbarians rugby union captain who died in 2021 (5) |
| SAVIDENT | John, late actor who played butcher Fred Elliott in Coronation Street (8) |
| ANDERSON | John, late athletics coach who refereed ITV's Gladiators (8) |
| WEEVIL | ... Beatle, on Radio 6 - go live outside (6) |
| QUARRY | The men: John Lennon's pie Beatle band (6) |
| GEORGE | Beatle (6) |
| MERINO | Myself and Beatle lost good sheep (6) |
| ACROSS | "___ the Universe" (1967 Beatle song) (6) |
