| COPENHAGEN | The Duke of Wellington's horse, who was buried with military honours |
| CLEO | Nickname for Egypt's ruler who was buried with her lover Mark Antony |
| COMANCHE | Horse who was the sole documented survivor of the US cavalry at the Battle of the Little Bighorn (1876) (8) |
| BROKERSTIP | Financially named horse who was the only Kentucky Derby winner who never won any other race |
| EYE | Sammy Davis Jr was buried with one (3) |
| ROALDDAHL | Which writer was buried with HB pencils, red wine, chocolate, snooker cues, and a power saw? (5,4) |
| SALUTES | A tussle for military honours |
| DSOS | U.K. military honours |
| PUBLISH | What ("___ and be damned") was the Duke of Wellington's response to a blackmail threat? (7) |
| PUBLISHANDBEDAMNED | The Duke of Wellington's retort to a blackmail threat regarding a mistress (7,3,2,6) |
| TERRACOTTA | The --- Army, a collection of earthenware sculptures buried with the first Emperor of China (10) |
| AUSTEN | Jane, English novelist who was buried in Winchester Cathedral in 1817 (6) |
| NELSON | Horatio, naval commander who was buried in St Paul's Cathedral in 1806 (6) |
| CHARLESDICKENS | Oliver Twist novelist who was buried in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey: 2 wds. |
| RUDYARDKIPLING | Just So Stories writer who was buried in Poets' Corner: 2 wds. |
| ROBERTBROWNING | My Last Duchess poet who was buried in Poets' Corner: 2 wds. |
| MARIACALLAS | Opera singer who was buried in Paris's Pere Lachaise Cemetery, though she wasn't French: 2 wds. |
| JIMMORRISON | Rock singer who was buried in Paris's Pere Lachaise Cemetery, though he wasn't French: 2 wds. |
| SCHUBERT | Franz ___, Austrian composer who was buried next to Beethoven, at whose funeral he had been a torchbearer |
| WELLESLEY | Duke of Wellington's surname |
