| BOBHOPE | London-born US film and stage comedian who died in 2003 aged 100 |
| HOPE | Bob, London-born US film and stage comedian who died in 2003 aged 100 (4) |
| ASTAIRE | Fred ---, US film and stage entertainer who starred in ten films with Ginger Rogers (7) |
| RIEFENSTAHL | Leni, photographer and propaganda film director who died in 2003 (11) |
| ROONEY | Footballer who played for England in 120 matches, making his debut in 2003 aged 17 (6) |
| DONOGHUE | Lynn, Ontario-born portrait painter and member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts who died in 2003 (8) |
| SHOEMAKER | Willie ___, US jockey nicknamed The Shoe who died in 2003 (9) |
| AMIN | Exiled leader who died in 2003 in Saudi Arabia |
| CASH | Johnny, country singer known as the Man in Black who died in 2003 (4) |
| BURNS | George, US comedian who died in 1996 aged 100 (5) |
| ATKINS | Robert C, creator of a high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet who died in 2003 (6) |
| KISSINGER | US former secretary of state who died in 2023 aged 100, Henry _ (9) |
| SMITH | Will ___, US film and music star who has recorded with 8A and appeared with her in Men In Black III (5) |
| FREDASTAIRE | US film and Broadway stage dancer, singer and actor who starred in 10 films with Ginger Rogers (4,7) |
| MAYER | Louis B ___, Minsk-born US film producer who died in 1957 (5) |
| BROWN | Ex-Dragons hooker appointed St George coach in 2003, aged 29, Nathan ... (5) |
| THORA | Actress, dame, who died in 2003 (5,4) |
| MIEP | Forename of Anne Frank's friend who died aged 100 in 2010 (4) |
| YOUNGMAN | Henny -, London-born US comedian known as King of the One-Liners (8) |
| GLYNIS | Star of Mary Poppins who died aged 100, _ Johns (6) |
