| JOANRIVERS | Picture B shows recently deceased comedienne (4,6) |
| BUFFALOBOB | Recently deceased puppeteer |
| BILLHUNTER | Australian actor, recipient of the Centenary Medal (Picture B) (4,6) |
| GYLLENHAAL | Maggie, star of 2018 film drama The Kindergarten Teacher - see picture B (10) |
| IDOL | Show recently won by Laine Hardy, for short |
| MEL | The ___ Robbins Show (recently canceled syndicated talk show) |
| SPITTING | Satirical puppet show recently rejuvenated for the Britbox channel, _ Image (8) |
| THEVIEW | Talk show recently left by Meghan McCain: 2 wds. |
| CHALLENGE | _ Anneka, popular 80s/90s show recently revived by Channel 5 (9) |
| SNL | TV show recently hosted by Ramy Youssef, briefly |
| PEAKY | ___ Blinders, TV show, recently back for its fifth series, set in post-wwi Birmingham, featuring the Shelby crime family (5) |
| REAGAN | Former US president, recently deceased, Ronald ... |
| OBIT | Write-up on the recently deceased |
| OBITUARY | Brief published biography of recently deceased person (8) |
| UNDULATE | Rise and fall of one of the French, recently deceased (8) |
| RENE | Celine Dion's recently deceased husband Angelil |
| LATE | Recently deceased (4) |
| CRUYFF | Recently deceased Dutch football legend. (6) |
| LEMMY | Recently deceased Motorhead leader. (5) |
| OBLATE | Broadcast on recently deceased monastic dedicatee |
