| BUDDY | Mr. Holly, singer/ songwriter who died in a plane crash in 1959 (5) |
| PAYNE | ..... Stewart, American golfer who died in a plane crash in 1999 (5) |
| BOLAN | Marc, London-born singer-songwriter who died in a car crash in 1977 (5) |
| HOLLY | US songwriter killed in plane crash in 1959 (5,5) |
| BUDDYHOLLY | American rock 'n' roll musician who died in a plane crash in 1959 (5,5) |
| CLINE | Professional name of US singer Virginia Patterson Hensley, killed in a plane crash in 1963 (5,5) |
| PATSY | Professional name of US singer Virginia Patterson Hensley, killed in a plane crash in 1963 (5,5) |
| VALENS | Ritchie, singer-actor who died in a plane crash in 1959 aged 17 (6) |
| OTISREDDING | U.S. soul singer and songwriter who died in a plane crash in 1967 (4,7) |
| BADER | Nicknamed Tin-Legs after losing both legs in a plane crash in 1931, which British World War II pilot |
| ALIVE | 1993 survival drama film about a plane crash in the Andes (5) |
| PATSYCLINE | American country music singer who died in a plane crash in 1963 |
| EMILIANOSALA | Argentinian footballer who died in a plane crash in 2019 |
| CRONJE | Hansie, South African national cricket captain who died in a plane crash in 2002 (6) |
| ROALDAMUNDSEN | Norwegian polar explorer who died in a plane crash in 1928 |
| PANEL | Group of people in a plane crash! (5) |
| LESLIEHOWARD | English actor, remembered for his role in Gone With the Wind; died in a plane crash in 1943 (6,6) |
| LIN | Chinese military leader, alleged to have plotted against Mao, who died in a plane crash in 1971 (3,4) |
| BIAO | Chinese military leader, alleged to have plotted against Mao, who died in a plane crash in 1971 (3,4) |
| DAGHAMMERSHIELD | He died in a plane crash in what is now Zambia |
