| NAYLOR | Melbourne newsreader who died in the 2009 bushfires, Brian ... (6) |
| GEORGE | Much-loved BBC newsreader who died recently (6,7) |
| ALAGIAH | Much-loved BBC newsreader who died recently (6,7) |
| GEORGEALAGIAH | BBC newsreader who died on 24 July |
| RESNIK | Astronaut Judith who died in the Challenger explosion |
| BADAWI | Zeinab _, newsreader who was the first presenter of the ITV Morning News (6) |
| ISABEL | Australian actress who starred in the 2009 film Transformers Revenge of the Fallen, - Lucas (6) |
| ANNEKA | Ex-newsreader who competed in last year's Strictly, _ Rippon (6) |
| RIPPON | Angela, TV newsreader who danced on The Morecambe & Wise Show (6) |
| JOHNNY | He died in the sinkhole disaster saving his estranged wife Jenny (6,6) |
| CONNOR | He died in the sinkhole disaster saving his estranged wife Jenny (6,6) |
| NEWARK | In 1216, King John died in the castle of this Trentside town (6) |
| COCKER | Jarvis, singer who voiced farmer Petey in the 2009 animated comedy film Fantastic Mr. Fox (6) |
| WHOOPI | ___ Goldberg is Jodi in the 2009 movie, Stream (6) |
| CARUSO | Nissan V8 Supercar driver, third in the 2009 Bathurst 1000, Michael ... (6) |
| VOODOO | Cult of victory died in the Olympics, symbol-ically dismantled and curtailed (6) |
| ALCOTT | Writer who aptly died in the month of March |
| YUVRAJ | Inaugural captain of the Kings, he also took two hat tricks for them in the 2009 IPL (first name only) |
| ADONIS | Beautiful Greek youth killed by a boar and died in the arms of Aphrodite (6) |
| SCAFELLPIKE | The summit of this Lakeland peak was donated to the National Trust in memory of local men who died in the First World War |
