| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| PASSEDAWAY | Died | |
| PERISHED | Died | |
| EXTINCT | Died out | |
| DISAPPEARED | Died out | |
| EASEDOFF | Died down | |
| ABATED | Died away | |
| EASED OFF | Died down (5,3) | |
| OVERDOSED | Died from drugs | |
| FROZE | Died of cold | |
| PREDECEASED | Died earlier than | |
| DROWNED | Doctor, possessed, died underwater | |
| ADMITTED | Confessed Matt died poorly | |
| CROAKED | Sounded husky and died | |
| YIELDED | Succumbed, Ley died miserably | |
| DISCOURAGED | Depressed when cougars died unexpectedly | |
| DEMOLISHED | Holmes died unexpectedly when knocked down | |
| DISPELLED | Died outside – witch’s hex scattered | |
| BANDIED | Leading drummer left band, died and was tossed about | |
| NEEDED | Born and died ... ignore middle bit as required | |
| DEADPAN | When Peter from Neverland died, he appeared quite expressionless | |
| SECOMBE | Welsh singer and entertainer, member of the Goons, died 2001 | |
| DISINTERESTED | Died down with some initial interest as part of objective | |
| MORKIN | A beast that has died of disease or by mischance. | |
| MORT | The skin of a sheep or lamb that has died of disease. | |
| JACQUARD | Pertaining to, or invented by, Jacquard, a French mechanician, who died in 1834. | |