After Howard is dead? (5,2)
I believe the answer is:
later on
'after howard is dead?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'howard is dead?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'howard' could be 'ron' (Ron Howard) and 'ron' is located in the answer.
'dead?' could be 'late' ('late' can be similar in meaning to 'dead') and 'late' is found in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for later on that I've seen before include "Afterwards" , "At a subsequent time" , "in the future" , "this evening?" , "In the fullness of time" .)