| SBC | Year that Dionysius of Halicarnassus is believed to have died |
| AUROCHS | Extinct member of the cattle tribe also called urus, the last specimen of which is believed to have died in Poland in 1627 (7) |
| ISAAC | Mathematician Newton who is believed to have died a virgin |
| BLISS | Dee ___, Toadie's first wife believed to have died on their wedding day in Neighbours (5) |
| DIONYSIUS | ---------of Halicarnassus, Greek historian and rhetorician, the author of a history of Rome (9) |
| BODRUM | Modern name of Halicarnassus in ancient Turkey, whose Mausoleum was one of the Seven Wonders of the World (6) |
| MAUSOLEUM | Elaborate tomb built in the ancient city of Halicarnassus for the king of Caria |
| HENRYI | Youngest son of William the Conqueror who is reputed to have died from a "surfeit of lampreys" (5,1) |
| CLEOPATRA | Famed queen of Ancient Egypt who is said to have died from a snakebite (9) |
| OETA | Greek mountain chain where Hercules is said to have died |
| ASP | Viper from whose poison Cleopatra is said to have died (3) |
| IOS | Island where Homer is said to have died |
| ENOS | Biblical figure said to have died at the age of 905 |
| OBC | Year that Ovid is believed to have written 'The Art of Love' |
| COELACANTH | Primitive bony fish of the genus Latimeria thought to have died out 65-80 million years ago but rediscovered off the South African coast in 1938 (10) |
| PORCUPINE | White ironwood Vepris lanceolata: Unfortunately, a spiny, spikey mammal ___ eats the bark and is known to have died from this. (9) |
| DEFOE | Spy and man of letters said to have died in hiding from creditors despite having written the now-classic Moll Flanders and Robinson Crusoe (5) |
| STENTOR | Herald of the Greek army in the Trojan War, noted for his powerful voice, said to have died after losing a shouting contest (7) |
| GONE | Shot the most recent to have died (4,4) |
| STATED | Declared small gallery to have died (6) |
