| RAQUEL | Sex symbol of the 1960s who recently died aged 82 (6,5) |
| WELCH | Sex symbol of the 1960s who recently died aged 82 (6,5) |
| WINNIEEWING | SNP icon who recently died at the age of 93 (6,5) |
| CORMAC | The Road author McCarthy, who recently died |
| JOHN | Much-loved football commentator who recently died (4,6) |
| MOTSON | Much-loved football commentator who recently died (4,6) |
| THEDECEASED | Reference to a particular person who has recently died (3,8) |
| RAMON | ___ Novarro, Hollywood sex symbol of the 1920s |
| CLARABOW | Sex symbol of the Roaring '20s |
| THEDABARA | Sex symbol of the silents |
| FLOWER | ____ people, term for the young in the 1960s who rejected conventional social values (6) |
| MATINEEIDOL | Crash diet: no meal when entertaining international sex symbol (7,4) |
| JIMBAXTER | Star of Rangers in the 1960s who then moved on to Sunderland and Nottingham Forest (3,6) |
| HOCKNEY | British painter, prominent in pop art in the 1960s, who produced a 2022 painting of singer Harry Stiles (7) |
| SEYMOURNURSE | West Indian batsman in the 1960s who ended his Test career in style with an innings of 258 at Christchurch |
| KNACKERED | Sex symbol of 10 - can king arise, tired? (9) |
| MAPLE | Power possessed by sex symbol of Canada? (5) |
| MAEWEST | Sex symbol of Hollywood's golden age (3,4) |
| REDDING | Surname of the "King of Soul" who died aged 26 in 1967 (7) |
| MOD | A member of a group of teenagers in the mid-1960s who opposed the rockers (3) |
