| ROMERO | Oscar ......, archbishop of San Salvador, who was murdered in 1980 (6) |
| LENNON | John, former member of The Beatles who was murdered in 1980 (6) |
| EDMUND | I was the King of England who was murdered in 946 (6) |
| BECKET | St. Thomas who was murdered in a cathedral |
| SHIVER | Tremble seeing a social workers' place in the outskirts of San Salvador (6) |
| GAZETA | Russian newspaper for which Anna Politkovskaya wrote before she was murdered in 2006 (6,6) |
| NOVAYA | Russian newspaper for which Anna Politkovskaya wrote before she was murdered in 2006 (6,6) |
| FOSTER | Emmerdale village villain who was murdered (6,6) |
| GRAHAM | Emmerdale village villain who was murdered (6,6) |
| POMPEY | Roman general who was murdered after a quarrel with Julius Caesar (6) |
| DAVIDRIZZIO | 16th-century Italian courtier who was murdered in 1566; the private secretary of Mary, Queen of Scots (5,6) |
| TATE | Sharon, actress-wife of Roman Polanski who was murdered in 1969 (4) |
| MORO | Aldo, prime minister of Italy 1974-76 who was murdered in 1978 (4) |
| PANESAR | Suki's son who was murdered in prison in EastEnders (4,7) |
| JAGS | Suki's son who was murdered in prison in EastEnders (4,7) |
| JAMESCOOK | Who was murdered in Hawaii in February 1779? (5,4) |
| SEAN | Washington safety Taylor who was murdered in 2007 |
| MARAT | French revolutionary who was murdered in a tub |
| RASPUTIN | Name given to the Russian 'monk' who was murdered in 1916 (8) |
| SEBASTIAN | _ Metcalfe, face from Krista Sinclair's past who was murdered in Neighbours (9) |
