| 100% | AIDA | 4 | Slave who dies in the Temple of Vulcan |
| 85% | AIDA | 4 | Princess who dies in the temple of Vulcan |
| 58% | AIDA | 4 | Verdi heroine in the Temple of Vulcan |
| 55% | AIDA | 4 | She dies beneath the Temple of Vulcan |
| 53% | YODA | 4 | Guru who dies in "Return of the Jedi" |
| 51% | ELI | 3 | Actor Wallach who died in 2014 at the age of 98 |
| 51% | LEAR | 4 | TV producer Norman who died in December at the age of 101 |
| 49% | OATES | 5 | Lawrence —, explorer who died in 1912 on the second Antarctic expedition of R F Scott |
| 48% | YODA | 4 | Character who died at the age of 900 in "Return of the Jedi" |
| 47% | IANPAISLEY | 10 | Northern Ireland religious and political leader who died in 2014; co-founder of the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster |
| 46% | SHAND | 5 | Bruce —, British Army officer who died in 2006; father of Camilla, the Queen Consort |
| 46% | ASTOR | 5 | John Jacob ___ IV (millionaire who died in the sinking of the Titanic) |
| 46% | ELDER | 5 | Pliny the ___ (Roman naturalist who died in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius) |
| 46% | AIDA | 4 | It ends at the Temple of Vulcan |
| 46% | KEITHMOON | 9 | Drummer of The Who, died in 1978 |
| 45% | POIROT | 6 | Recurring character who dies in the novel "Curtain" |
| 45% | TESLA | 5 | Inventor who died in The New Yorker Hotel |
| 45% | AIDA | 4 | It's set partly at the Temple of Vulcan |
| 45% | MCA | 3 | Member of the Beastie Boys who died in 2012 |
| 45% | JOE | 3 | Patriarch of the Jackson family who died in June |
| 44% | MEATLOAF | 8 | The Bat Out of Hell singer who died in 2022 |
| 44% | CAMPBELL | 8 | Singer Glen who died of Alzheimer's disease on August 8 after over 50 years in the music industry |
| 44% | LEASEYDOUX | 10 | "No Time to Die" actress who plays Caprice in "Crimes of the Future" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | TAMERLANE | 9 | First ruler of the Timurid Empire who died in 1405 |
| 43% | TECUMSEH | 8 | American leader of the Shawnee people who died in 1813 |
| 42% | JONATHANPRYCE | 13 | "Pirates of the Caribbean" actor who played a Bond villain in 1997's "Tomorrow Never Dies": 2 wds. |
| 42% | ERNIE | 5 | With 35-Across, baseball player who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013 and died 1/23/15 |
| 41% | PLINY | 5 | — the Elder, Roman author who died witnessing the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD |
| 41% | HULL | 4 | Rod —, entertainer who died in 1999, associated with the puppet Emu |
| 41% | LYSANDER | 8 | Spartan naval commander of the Peloponnesian war who died in 395 BC |