| BILLYBONES | Retired seaman who dies of a heart attack in the Robert Louis Stevenson novel Treasure Island (5,5) |
| BONES | Billy, retired seaman who dies of a heart attack in the Robert Louis Stevenson novel Treasure Island (5) |
| HAWKINS | Surname of Jim, protagonist of the Robert Louis Stevenson novel Treasure Island (1883) |
| BLACK | & 12D The -, Robert Louis Stevenson novel subtitled A Tale of the Two Roses (5,5) |
| BILLY | Retired seaman who dies of a heart attack in 1883 Robert Louis Stevenson novel Treasure Island (5,5) |
| GRAMPAJOAD | Family member who dies of a stroke in The Grapes of Wrath: 2 wds. |
| MAMACASS | Nickname of the singer born Ellen Naomi Cohen, who died of a heart attack in London aged 32 (4,4) |
| CAPTAINFLINT | Pirate after whom Long John Silver's parrot is named in 1883 Robert Louis Stevenson novel Treasure Island |
| CAPTAIN | Pirate after whom Long John Silver's parrot is named in 1883 Robert Louis Stevenson novel Treasure Island (7,5) |
| FLINT | Pirate after whom Long John Silver's parrot is named in 1883 Robert Louis Stevenson novel Treasure Island (7,5) |
| SKELTON | Red, actor who played the title role in the Robert Z. Leonard film The Clown (7) |
| LIVESEY | Dr David ?, magistrate in 1883 Robert Louis Stevenson novel Treasure Island |
| INFERNO | 2013 novel by Dan Brown that was the fourth book in the Robert Langdon series (7) |
| ELAINE | Arthurian lady of Astolat who dies of unrequited love for Lancelot (6) |
| HAMELIN | Town featured in the Robert Browning poem, based on a pied piper (7) |
| DENGXIAOPING | Chinese Communist politician who served as acting prime minister after Zhou Enlai's Heart attack in 1974 (4,8) |
| CARDIACARREST | Heart attack in vehicle 600 including Australian - stop! (7,6) |
| ICEHOUSE | Dies of cold here (3,5) |
| ICECUBES | Dies of cold |
| DECEPTIONPOINT | Early Dan Brown novel, not in the Robert Langdon series |
