| SEVEBALLESTEROS | Three-time British Open golf champion who died of a brain tumour in 2011 (4,11) |
| SEVE | Three time US Open golf champion who died aged 54 in 2011, ... Ballesteros (4) |
| FALDO | Three-time British Open golf champ |
| BOBGOALBY | 1968 US Masters golf champion who died this year (3,6) |
| ANGEL | 2007 US Open golf champion who also won the 2009 Masters Tournament (5,7) |
| CABRERA | 2007 US Open golf champion who also won the 2009 Masters Tournament (5,7) |
| LEXI | Albert Square kid who learned her mum has a brain tumour (4) |
| PEARCE | Albert Square kid who learned her mum has a brain tumour (6) |
| NAYLOR | Ruthless Holby City Hospital consultant with a brain tumour (3,6) |
| JAC | Ruthless Holby City Hospital consultant with a brain tumour (3,6) |
| BASQUIAT | Jean-Michel ___, American artist who died of a heroin overdose in 1988 at the age of 27 |
| MURPHY | Oisin, Irish rider born in 1995 who is a three-time British Champion Jockey (6) |
| MAMACASS | Nickname of the singer born Ellen Naomi Cohen, who died of a heart attack in London aged 32 (4,4) |
| RIVERPHOENIX | American actor who died of a drug overdose in 1993 |
| MALONE | Molly ___, Dublin street seller who died of a fever? (6) |
| IBARRA | Ricardo ___, Argentinian rower, three-time Pan American champion, who died in 2011 |
| SCARECROW | Effigy of a human used to deter birds; or, the character in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in search of a brain (9) |
| ELS | South African two-time British Open men's golf champion (3) |
| GREGNORMAN | Two-time British Open champion who spent 331 weeks as the world's #1 male golfer: 2 wds. |
| BRABHAM | Australian racing driver, three-time Formula One champion, who died in May 2014 (7) |