| BABINGTON | Anthony -, 16th-century English conspirator executed for plotting to assassinate Elizabeth I (9) |
| SCOTS | Mary, Queen of -; James V's daughter who was beheaded for plotting to assassinate Elizabeth I (5) |
| GUYFAWKES | English conspirator executed in 1606 for his part in the Gunpowder Plot |
| MARYQUEENOFSCOTS | She was beheaded in 1587 for plotting to assassinate her cousin Queen Elizabeth (4,5,2,5) |
| WALSINGHAM | Spymaster who uncovered the Babington Plot to assassinate Elizabeth I and employed intelligence workers to decode Mary, Queen of Scots' cipher (10) |
| RIDOLFI | --- plot, 1571 plot to assassinate Elizabeth I and replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots (7) |
| PARAGRAPH | Standard article, something for plotting in distinct piece of text (9) |
| ASSIDUOUS | Persistent conspirator executed having trapped couple |
| SPICEBUSH | In America, plant leaders of Soviet partisans to assassinate president (9) |
| REDRABBIT | Tom Clancy novel about a plot to assassinate Pope John Paul II (3,6) |
| THEJACKAL | The Day of___ _: Frederick Forsyth novel about a plot to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle (3,6) |
| HAMAN | (Old Testament) The minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them. |
| BLAKE | Sneaky Hollyoaks woman plotting to marry Rafe Harcourt for his money (6,5) |
| SIENNA | Sneaky Hollyoaks woman plotting to marry Rafe Harcourt for his money (6,5) |
| USURP | Did American turn right to start plotting to take over (5) |
| FAWKES | English conspirator for whom a November observance is named |
| CONSPIRATORIAL | Criminal is in patrol car, admitting love for plotting (14) |
| SCHEMER | One plotting to make me hers when about a hundred (7) |
| STARTINGPISTOL | Celeb is plotting to reform source of reports on track (8,6) |
| MELTINGPOT | Extremists in Marseille plotting to alter place with mixed population (7,3) |
