| NOAH | Third-oldest man in the Bible, who died at the age of 950 (Genesis 9:29) (4) |
| GLENN | He became the oldest man in space |
| SHATNER | William -, oldest man in space (7) |
| SETH | Third son of Adam and Eve, who 'had a son, Enosh' and 'died at the age of 912' (Genesis 5:6-8) (4) |
| YODA | Character who died at the age of 900 in Return of the Jedi |
| ADAM | In the Bible, who was the father of Cain and Abel? (4) |
| YALE | Third- oldest university in the United States, founded as the Collegiate School in Connecticut in 1701 (4) |
| SAUL | According to the Bible, who was the first king of the united kingdom of Israel? (4) |
| IRIS | Bespectacled fashionista who died at the age of 102 last year (4,5) |
| ESAU | In the Bible, who was the brother of Jacob? (4) |
| ABEL | In the Bible, who was the second son of Adam? (4) |
| RUTH | In the Bible, who assists her mother-in-law, Naomi, to find protection? (4) |
| ENOS | Third-generation man, in the Bible |
| BETH | Third oldest of the March sisters in Little Women (4) |
| MAMACASS | US singer who died at the age of 32 in July 1974 where four years later Keith Moon of The Who also died (4,4) |
| ISHMAEL | Abraham's first son who, according to to the account in Genesis, died at the age of 137 |
| ABRAHAM | Biblical character who died at the age of 175 and was buried at the Cave of Machpelah (7) |
| SALOME | In the Bible, who is given the head of John the Baptist as a reward for her dancing? (6) |
| ARRIAGA | Spanish composer born in 1806, a child prodigy who died at the age of 20 |
| FERLINGHETTI | Poet associated with the Beat generation who died at the age of 101 earlier this year |
