| MELLISH | Robert, former Labour Party Chief Whip in Britain who died in 1998 (7) |
| HORSA | Anglo-Saxon settler in Britain who was the brother of Hengist (5) |
| CANNING | George ---, prime minister of the UK who died in office in 1827 (7) |
| WALLACE | George ?, governor of Alabama, survivor of an assassination attempt in 1972, who died in 1998 (7) |
| SINATRA | Frank, actor/singer who died in 1998 (7) |
| WYNETTE | Tammy, country singer who died in 1998 (7) |
| MADELEY | Surname of Richard, presenter on Good Morning Britain who took part in I'm A Celeb in 2021 (7) |
| PINCHER | Chris __, MP who resigned as Tory deputy chief whip after groping allegations (7) |
| HOLGATE | Robert --, former Archbishop of York (7) |
| MACNEIL | Newsman Robert, former PBS partner of Jim Lehrer |
| TESTBAN | Nuclear accord chief whip initially switched |
| GEORGECANNING | Prime minister of the UK who died in office in 1827 (6,7) |
| ALBERT | Husband of Queen Victoria of Great Britain who died in 1861 (6) |
| PENDA | King of Mercia, Great Britain who died in 655 (5) |
| AGRICOLA | Gnaeus Julius ___, Roman general and governor of Britain who died in 93 (8) |
| POLPOT | Former Prime Minister of Kampuchea and leader of the Khmer Rouge who died in 1998 (3,3) |
| MOORE | Archie ..... , former World Light Heavyweight boxing champion who died in 1998 (5) |
| GRADE | Lew -, impresario and media tycoon born Louis Winogradsky who died in 1998 (5) |
| POL | Prime minister of Kampuchea 197779 who died in 1998 (3) |
| POT | Prime minister of Kampuchea 1977-79 who died in 1998 (3) |
