| BALDERDASH | Born on tree, died on tree - nonsense (10) |
| ALMOND | Lacking earth, a fruit died on tree |
| BOUGHTIT | Bird hanging under part of tree died |
| OPINED | Observed old tree died (6) |
| LIMED | Fruit tree died covered in sticky stuff |
| JERRYLEWIS | Comedian and humanitarian who died on August 20: 2 wds. |
| DICKENBERG | Hall of Fame sportscaster who died on December 21: 2 wds. |
| THIRDPARTY | Insurance for those that died, on average, inside 30? (5,5) |
| DUTCHELMDISEASE | Suffering such mal, trees died right away (5,3,7) |
| CHUCKBERRY | Rock-and-roll legend and singer of "Roll Over Beethoven," who died on 3/18/17: 2 wds. |
| SAMSHEPARD | "True West" playwright and "The Right Stuff" actor who died on July 27: 2 wds. |
| KOBEBRYANT | 18-time All-Star for the LA Lakers who died on 1/26/20: 2 wds. |
| AMYJOHNSON | British aviator famous for her solo flight to Australia, who died on a 1941 mission for the Air Ministry (3,7) |
| SOLOMON | Nursery rhyme character who was born on Monday and died on Saturday (7,6) |
| GRUNDY | Nursery rhyme character who was born on Monday and died on Saturday (7,6) |
| VALENS | He died on "The Day The Music Died" |
| OMAR | Actor Sharif who died on July 10 |
| SID | Mr James, the Carry On... star who literally died on stage (3) |
| SHAKESPEARE | Actor Sir John Mills died on 23 April, the same date which playwright died? (11) |
| TITO | Dictator who died on May 4, 1980 |
