| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| FATAL | Death-causing | |
| DEMISE | Death | |
| LETHE | Death. | |
| DEFUNCTION | Death. | |
| TOTHELAST | Until death | |
| ETERNALREST | Death, poetically | |
| PLAGUE | Black Death | |
| OBIT | Death notice | |
| OBITUARY | Death notice | |
| REGISTER | Death notice | |
| LETHAL | Causing death | |
| BANE | Destruction; death. | |
| DOOM | Ruin; death. | |
| FAIL | Death; decease. | |
| DECAY | Destruction; death. | |
| DEATHLIKE | Resembling death. | |
| DEATHWARD | Toward death. | |
| MORTALITY | Death; destruction. | |
| DOOMS | Condemns to death | |
| RATTLESNAKES | Death Valley reptiles | |
| SUFFOCATION | Death by smothering | |
| RISEN | Restored from death | |
| SLAIN | Put to death | |
| GARROTTE | Strangle to death | |
| AFTERLIFE | Existence beyond death | |