| EDWIN | King of Northumbria who was killed by Penda of Mercia (5) |
| MERCIA | A kingdom of Anglo-Saxon England, made powerful by Penda (6) |
| EDGAR | King of Mercia and Northumbria who became king of England in 959 (5) |
| OSWALD | King of Northumbria who reestablished Christianity there with the help of St. Aidan (6) |
| OSRIC | 8th century king of Northumbria (5) |
| THUMB | Toms part of Northumbria (5) |
| IRWIN | Television personality known as the Crocodile Hunter who was killed by a stingray during the filming of an underwater scene for Ocean's Deadliest (5) |
| REMUS | In mythology, who was killed by his brother Romulus? (5) |
| TROTT | Heather ___, former Albert Square resident who was killed by Ben Mitchell (5) |
| EDRED | Conqueror of Northumbria in 946 |
| HECTOR | Son of King Priam of Troy who was killed by Achilles (6) |
| NAHASH | King of Ammon, mentioned in the Books of Samuel, who was killed by Saul |
| DUNCAN | The anglicised name of two Scottish kings (1034-40, 1094),the latter of whom married Ethelreda of Northumbria (6) |
| JESSEJAMES | Who was killed by Robert Ford? (5,5) |
| STEVEIRWIN | Australian naturalist and television personality who was killed by a stingray (5,5) |
| TROILUS | In Greek mythology, son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba, who was killed by Achilles (7) |
| ACHILLES | Greek hero who was killed by Paris, who wounded him in the heel |
| BEDE | Venerable resident of Northumbria? (4) |
| CUTHBERT | Patron saint of Northumbria (8) |
| PELOPS | Son of Tantalus in Greek mythology who was killed by his father and served to the gods as a meal (6) |
