| 100% | HULL | 4 | Rod —, entertainer associated with puppet Emu who died in 1999 |
| 84% | HULL | 4 | Rod —, entertainer who died in 1999, associated with the puppet Emu |
| 82% | RODHULL | 7 | Entertainer associated with the puppet Emu who died in 1999 |
| 53% | HULL | 4 | Rod —, entertainer associated with the puppet Emu |
| 52% | NIXON | 5 | David —, English magician associated with puppet Basil Brush, who died in 1978 |
| 39% | GENE | 4 | Film critic Siskel who died in 1999 |
| 39% | MENUHIN | 7 | Yehudi —, New York City-born violinist who died in 1999 |
| 39% | ERNIE | 5 | & 19D Comedy partner of Eric Morecambe who died in 1999 |
| 39% | ERNIE | 5 | & 22D Comedy partner of Eric Morecambe who died in 1999 |
| 36% | MELTORME | 8 | Big band singer and composer nicknamed The Velvet Fog who died in 1999 |
| 36% | NKOMO | 5 | Joshua —, founder of the Zimbabwe African People's Union who died in 1999 |
| 33% | LAKER | 5 | Freddie —, entrepreneur associated with the Skytrain project who died in 2006 |
| 32% | SCOTTJOPLIN | 11 | US pianist and composer associated with the ragtime style who died in 1917 |
| 31% | HENRYLYTTON | 11 | English actor associated with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company who was knighted in 1930 |
| 31% | BELLE | 5 | US criminal associated with Jesse James and Cole Younger who married Jim Reed in 1866 |
| 30% | NAOMIE | 6 | With 20-Across, "No Time to Die" actress who plays Poppy Turner in "Swan Song" |
| 29% | SCALIA | 6 | Justice who died in 2016 |
| 29% | LEOII | 5 | Pope who died in 683 |
| 29% | FIDEL | 5 | Castro who died in 2016 |
| 29% | NERO | 4 | Emperor who died in 68 |
| 29% | HULBERT | 7 | Jack —, entertainer husband of Cicely Courtneidge who died in 1978 |
| 29% | ELCID | 5 | Spanish hero who died in 1099 |
| 29% | ALI | 3 | Boxer Muhammad who died in 2016 |
| 29% | HELM | 4 | Musician Levon who died in 2012 |
| 29% | ETTA | 4 | Singer ___ James who died in 2012 |
| 29% | PAT | 3 | Novelist Conroy who died in March |
| 29% | ALI | 3 | Boxing legend who died in 2016 |
| 29% | GENE | 4 | Actor Wilder who died in August |