| BAIAE | Resort of ill repute near Naples, where 12 nearly met her death |
| ISADORA | American dancer and free thinker who met her death in Paris in 1927 dragged under the wheels of an automobile by her long scarf, ... Duncan |
| ISCHIA | Island in the Bay of Naples where W. H. Auden wrote In Praise of Limestone (6) |
| SORRENTO | Italian town with views over the Bay of Naples where limoncello is produced (8) |
| WIPER | Where 12 lives by being on the screen? (5) |
| UNATTRIBUTED | A foreign element reaching bad end came from God knows where (12) |
| JURYBOX | Where 12 fight for a judgement? (4,3) |
| TEENAGER | Joan of Arc, at the time of her death |
| ROUEN | French city where Joan of Arc met her fate |
| INFAMY | Where 12/7/41 lives? |
| INJURY | Where twelve people may be discussing wrongful action |
| ROUNDTHECLOCK | Where twelve numbers may appear, always (5,3,5) |
| PELE | On her death, this Hawaiian goddess of fire is said to have created an eternal resting place at the summit of Kilauea Volcano |
| RICHARDSON | Actress daughter of Vanessa Redgrave who was married to Liam Neeson at the time of her death in 2009 following a skiing accident (7,10) |
| NATASHA | Actress daughter of Vanessa Redgrave who was married to Liam Neeson at the time of her death in 2009 following a skiing accident (7,10) |
| BADER | Ruth - - - - - -, lawyer and judge, a member of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020 (5,8) |
| GINSBURG | Ruth - - - - - -, lawyer and judge, a member of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020 (5,8) |
| HILARYMANTEL | Novelist whom Parul Seghal lauded for her "lavish imagination" and "beady understanding of power" upon her death (September, 2022) |
| ANDROMEDA | Wife of Perseus who became a constellation after her death (9) |
| HANOVER | House of ___ (Queen Victoria was its last British royal monarch, upon her death in 1901) |