| ACHIEVEMENT | The death of endeavour and the birth of disgust, according to Ambrose Bierce |
| EVANS | Star of Endeavour and Vigil, Shaun ----- (5) |
| ALLAM | Roger, actor whose television series include Endeavour and The Thick Of It (5) |
| EDITOR | Newspaper or publishing boss who was "demanding three inches of wit and six lines of religious meditation, or bidding him turn off the wisdom and whack up some pathos" according to Ambrose Bierce in h |
| MONEY | "A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it," according to Ambrose Bierce |
| AMBIDEXTROUSLY | How the best pickpockets work, according to Ambrose Bierce |
| OSAGE | "Killers of the Flower Moon: The ___ Murders and the Birth of the F.B.I." (nonfiction book adapted into a 2023 film) |
| THECOVERSOF | Scathing review attributed to Ambrose Bierce, part 1 |
| DUNANT | Sarah ?, author of novels Mapping the Edge and The Birth of Venus (6) |
| OLD | According to Ambrose Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary (1906), what is one who is "in that stage of us |
| OILPAINTINGS | Like "The Last Supper" and "The Birth Of Venus" , e.g. |
| AKIHIRO | The primary antagonist of Digimon Data Squad, and the birth name of supervillain Daken (7) |
| ABSCOND | "___ - to move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another": Ambrose Bierce (7) |
| HATRED | "A sentiment appropriate to the occasion of another's superiority," per Ambrose Bierce |
| TRIREMES | According to hearsay, "Endeavour" and many old ships (8) |
| KASAULI | Yet another hill station and the birth place of Ruskin Bond |
| OEUVRE | Endeavour, and fail, to recreate a body of work (6) |
| SIN | "Success, n. The one unpardonable ___ against one's fellows": Ambrose Bierce |
| PATIENCE | Ambrose Bierce defined it as "A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue" |
| DESTINY | "A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure," per Ambrose Bierce |
