| KISSMEHARDY | My sad shriek, bursting out with famous last words (4,2,5) |
| KANE | Film character with famous last words |
| FIGURES | Works out with famous people (7) |
| FERMAT | Mathematician with famous last theorem |
| THERAVEN | 1845 work with an "ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling" |
| NIGEL | "That must be ___ with the brie!" (famous last words at Bogey Lowenstein's party gone wrong) |
| ETTU | Famous last words (and homophonically, a hint to this puzzle's theme) |
| FLAW | Famous last words initially covering a weakness (4) |
| EPITAPHS | "Mine's in poor shape" - famous last words! (8) |
| ETTUBRUTE | Film union thug's famous last words (2,2,5) |
| KISSME | Famous last words of ... (4,2,5) |
| SWANSONG | Gloria, famous last words of? (4-4) |
| ANDITSGOODNIGHT | Tom's had dining room fight broken up by famous last words |
| ALIST | Famous last words of cruciverbalist (1-4) |
| THEEND | Enthused wildly when US withdrew? Famous last words (3,3) |
| AFTER | Fairy tale's famous last words: happily ever ___ |
| GAMESETANDMATCH | Famous last words of High Court Judge (4,3,3,5) |
| ANDSOTOBED | Unfortunately absent dodo's famous last words |
| POE | "Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling" penner |
| DAYDREAMS | Read my sad, unhappy fantasies (9) |
