| 100% | GRIM | 4 | The ___ Reaper (personification of death) |
| 82% | GRIMREAPER | 10 | Personification of death seen in “Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life” |
| 76% | GRIM | 4 | ___ Reaper (personification of death) |
| 69% | REAPER | 6 | Grim __, personification of death |
| 69% | REAPER | 6 | Grim personification of death |
| 67% | HELA | 4 | The Norse goddess of death |
| 66% | AURA | 4 | Personification of the wind |
| 65% | REAPER | 6 | Grim __, personification of death with a scythe |
| 65% | UNCLESAM | 8 | Personification of the United States |
| 65% | MARIANNE | 8 | Personification of the French Republic |
| 64% | SOL | 3 | Personification of the sun, in myth |
| 64% | LER | 3 | Personification of the sea, in myth |
| 63% | GAIA | 4 | Personification of the Earth in Greek mythology |
| 63% | IRIS | 4 | Personification of the rainbow, in Greek mythology |
| 63% | EOS | 3 | Greek personification of the dawn |
| 62% | UNCLESAM | 8 | Personification of the government of the United States |
| 61% | OCEANUS | 7 | Greek personification of the outer sea |
| 61% | ASP | 3 | Cause of death on the Nile |
| 60% | AGATHA | 6 | Author of Death on the Nile, __ Christie |
| 60% | BORE | 4 | The death of the party? |
| 59% | HELIOS | 6 | God in Greek mythology, personification of the sun |
| 58% | UNCLE | 5 | With 8-Across, personification of the U.S. government |
| 58% | SCYTHE | 6 | The Grim Reaper's weapon of choice |
| 58% | JACKFROST | 9 | The personification of ice, snow and winter |
| 58% | PLAGUE | 6 | The Black Death was one of these |
| 58% | BOWEN | 5 | "The Death of the Heart" novelist |
| 58% | VOLDEMORT | 9 | Leader of the Death Eaters |
| 57% | HELLHOUND | 9 | Omen of death in the form of a ghostly dog |
| 57% | LIFESPAN | 8 | The length of time from birth to death |