| AUTODAFE | Ceremony of the Spanish Inquisition including the execution of sentences passed on heretics (4-2-2) |
| EXECUTIONER | An official charged with carrying out the death sentence passed upon a condemned person (11) |
| PLANARIAN | Arrange to come down on heretic, a worm |
| PENDULUM | The _ _ _ _, short story by Edgar Allan Poe about the torture of a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition (3,3,3,8) |
| CROMWELL | He installed himself as Lord Protector after the execution of Charles I |
| ISABELLA | Queen who established the Spanish Inquisition |
| IMPUNITY | No recriminations with this setter's wordplay? Shame, given the execution (8) |
| REASSESS | Judge again concerned with morons' start of sentences (8) |
| SHOOTING | Photographing the execution (8) |
| ANDTHE | The _ _ _ _, short story by Edgar Allan Poe about the torture of a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition (3,3,3,8) |
| PIT | The _ _ _ _, short story by Edgar Allan Poe about the torture of a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition (3,3,3,8) |
| THEPIT | ___ And The Pendulum, short story by Edgar Allan Poe about the torture of a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition (3,3) |
| DELAROCHE | French painter whose depictions of historical scenes include The Children of Edward IV in the Tower and The Execution of Lady Jane Grey (9) |
| WALSINGHAM | Sir Francis, creator of the spy network that secured the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (10) |
| ROBESPIERRE | The Reign of Terror during the French Revolution effectively ended with the execution of this prominent leader (11) |
| HOWARD | Queen of England whose wedding was on the same day as the execution of Thomas Cromwell (9,6) |
| CATHERINE | Queen of England whose wedding was on the same day as the execution of Thomas Cromwell (9,6) |
| KINGCHARLES | The English monarchy was (temporarily) abolished after the execution of this ruler (4,7) |
| HEROD | Ruler of Galilee responsible for the execution of John the Baptist, ... Antipas |
| ANTIPAS | Herod -------, tetrarch of Galilee, who ordered the execution of John the Baptist (7) |
