| MOSHE | Mr. Dayan, former Israeli foreign minister who died in 1981 (5) |
| MOSHEDAYAN | Eyepatch-wearing Israeli soldier and former minister of defence and foreign minister who died in 1981 |
| YARDMAN | Railroad worker (MR. DAYAN anagram) (7) |
| MOLOTOV | Vyacheslav, Soviet foreign minister who signed a pact with Germany in 1939 (7) |
| RIBBENTROP | German Nazi foreign minister who signed a non-aggression pact with Molotov, his Russian counterpart, in 1939 (10) |
| HALEY | Bill ___, US rock 'n' roll musician who died in 1981 (5) |
| SPEER | Albert ___, architect and Nazi government official who died in 1981 (5) |
| LOTTE | Miss Lenya, singer/actress who died in 1981 (5) |
| SANDS | Bobby, Irish revolutionary who died in 1981 (5) |
| NGAIO | Miss Marsh, New Zealand crime writer who died in 1981 (5) |
| MIKEMOORE | Former Prime Minister who died in 2020, aged 71 (4,5) |
| CHURCHILLIAN | In the manner of British prime minister who died in 1965 (12) |
| CANNING | George _, British prime minister who died in office in 1827 (7) |
| ABBA | Mr Eban, Israeli foreign minister 1966-74 born in Cape Town (4) |
| PAPANDREOU | Andreas, Greek prime minister who died in 1996 (10) |
| BOBMARLEY | Musician who died in 1981 aged 36, subject of the film One Love (3,6) |
| RIMELL | Fred ......, champion National Hunt jockey and trainer who died in 1981 (6) |
| WOOD | Natalie, American actress who died in 1981 (4) |
| MEIR | Eban's predecessor as Israeli foreign minister |
| EBAN | Israeli foreign minister during the Yom Kippur War |
