| LUCAN | Lord who went missing |
| HAROLD | Australian Prime Minister who went missing, ... Holt |
| HOFFA | Union boss who went missing |
| SMITH | Australian record-breaking aviator who went missing in 1935 over the Bay of Bengal, Sir Charles King |
| CUTONESLOSSES | Forsake an unprofitable business with copper, shady types and those who went missing (3,3'1,6) |
| EDWARDS | Richey, lyricist and rhythm guitarist of Manic Street Preachers who went missing in 1995 (7) |
| EARHART | Amelia ___, aviation pioneer who went missing during a flight in 1937 |
| LORDLUCAN | Richard John Bingham, the peer who went missing on November 8 1974 after being suspected of murder (4,5) |
| CHRISTIE | Author who went missing for 11 days in December 1926 |
| NEMO | Eponymous cartoon character who went missing from a school? |
| LOUIE | Walford kid who went missing with his new brother while his parents, Peter and Lauren, were arguing (5,5) |
| BEALE | Walford kid who went missing with his new brother while his parents, Peter and Lauren, were arguing (5,5) |
| SAURON | Dark Lord who is ruler of the land of Mordor in The Lord of the Rings (6) |
| ACTON | Lord who said "Absolute power corrupts absolutely" |
| COPE | Survive lord who ran to seize power (4) |
| ALANSUGAR | Lord who founded the company Amstrad in 1968 |
| SNOWDON | Lord who was Elizabeth's brother-in-law |
| STANLEY | Lord who commissioned his namesake Cup in 1892 |
| CODE | Law lord who ran around departs |
| ARCHER | Jailed lord who can draw the longbow? |