| OLIVIANEWTONJOHN | Singer and Grease star died at age 73 (6,6-4) |
| PALANCE | He won his only Oscar at age 73 for "City Slickers" |
| BILLPAXTON | Twister & Titanic star died at age 61 (4,6) |
| BURTREYNOLDS | Smokey & Deliverance star died at age 82 (4,8) |
| HANKAARON | Nicknamed Hammer, this right-field star died at age 87 (4,5) |
| JOHN | Pulp Fiction and Grease star, ... Travolta (4) |
| TRAVOLTA | Pulp Fiction and Grease star, John ___ |
| LUKEPERRY | Beverly Hills 90210 star died at 52, of stroke (4,5) |
| SLUSHFUND | Star died squeezing rich fellow to get money for illegal purposes (5,4) |
| BOILDOWN | Reduce bit of booze and grease, start to diet now perhaps (4,4) |
| NEWTONJOHN | Surname of Grease star Olivia (6-4) |
| TONYBENNETT | Legendary jazz singer died at age 96 in July (4,7) |
| CONN | Didi of "Grease" and "Grease 2" |
| BEETSUGAR | Sweet stuff and grease mixed with half portion of butter (4,5) |
| LARD | The foreign leads from Reds, Deliverance and Grease (4) |
| OLIVIA | Late Grease star, - - - Newton-john (6) |
| HUGHHEFNER | Playboy founder died at age 91 (4,6) |
| TONI | Literary giant ___ Morrison died at age 88 (4) |
| YODA | Character in the Star Wars movies who died at age 900 |
| HELEN | I Am Woman singer ___ Reddy died at age 78 (5) |
