| DIDO | Suicide in Aeneid accomplished nothing |
| ROBBEDPETERTOPAYPAUL | Accomplished nothing, in a way |
| DEUSEXMACHINA | Plot resolver unknown in Aeneid as much revised |
| DIRUS | Fierce, terrible; ____ Ulixes (from Trojan viewpoint, passim in Aeneid) |
| EIDER | Bird in Aeneid erased |
| ACHATES | Faithful companion of Aeneas, in "Aeneid" |
| TROY | City in "Aeneid" and "Iliad" |
| DIDOHARDING | 17 accomplished nothing with firm and in government (4,7) |
| KATYDIDDIDDIDDLY | Insect accomplished nothing? |
| HANCOCK | Tony, English comedian who committed suicide in 1968 in Australia (7) |
| JIMJONES | American cult leader who led a mass suicide in Guyana in 1978 (3,5) |
| JONES | American founder of the People's Temple who led a mass suicide in Guyana in 1978 (3,5) |
| JIM | American founder of the People's Temple who led a mass suicide in Guyana in 1978 (3,5) |
| GUYANA | In 1978, 912 followers of Jim Jones committed mass suicide in which country? (6) |
| MONSTRUM | ____ horrendum, informe, ingens, the giant Polyphemus in Aeneid 3.658 |
| NERO | Emperor who committed suicide in 68 AD |
| HITLER | Adolf, German dictator who committed suicide in 1945 (6) |
| SEPPUKU | Ritual suicide in Japan (7) |
| CHATTERTON | Thomas, British poet who committed suicide in 1770 (10) |
| HARAKIRI | A ritual suicide in feudal Japan (4-4) |
