| PHONYLITTLEFAKE | What Biff Loman called his father in Death of a Salesman |
| LOMAN | The salesman in "Death of a Salesman" |
| DUSTINHOFFMAN | Tootsi actor who starred in Death of a Salesman on Broadway in 1984: 2 wds |
| WENDELLPIERCE | The Wire actor who starred in Death of a Salesman on Broadway in 2022: 2 wds. |
| LEEJ | Memorable Willy in Death of a Salesman |
| ILLEGALACT | It's forbidden to stand up on stage, as by directing those in Death of a Salesman it gives the police reason to investigate(7,3) |
| BIFF | Son in "Death of a Salesman" |
| CLOUT | A patch for mending; a nail for securing roofing felt; a target for long-distance shooting in archery; a biff or cuff with a hand; or, power or influence in business/politics (5) |
| WILLY | ___ Loman (role for Wendell Pierce in a Broadway revival of "Death of a Salesman") |
| TACITUS | Roman historian whose works include a biography of his father-in-law Agricola |
| HENRYVI | English ruler who lived 1421-71, becoming king on the death of his father in 1422 (5,2) |
| SUE | Boy who fought his father in a 1969 hit |
| SILLY | What Alf Garnett called his wife Else in the 1960s comedy Till Death Us Do Part, a "... old moo" |
| OSCARPETERSON | Who led a trio in the 1950s and called his autobiography A Jazz Odyssey (2002) |
| BASH | A heavy blow or biff; a dent; a blast or party; or, a crack at something (4) |
| ERNIEWISE | Comedian who appeared with his father in the 1930s as "Bert Carson and his Little Wonder" |
| HOLLAND | Architect who remodelled Carlton House, designed Brooks's and worked in partnership with his father-in-law Capability Brown on Berrington Hall and Benham Park (7) |
| ZEEDAN | _ Nazir, forced to launder money for his father-in-law through Speed Daal in Coronation Street (6) |
| NECROSIS | Bearing cross, I am in Death of Cells (8) |
| PERRY | Five charged in death of actor Matthew ___ (5) |
