| TOJO | Axis dictator who ordered the Pearl Harbor attack |
| TORA | When said three times, 1970 film on the Pearl Harbor attack |
| ZERO | Plane in the Pearl Harbor attack |
| ZEROS | Planes in the Pearl Harbor attack |
| YAMATO | Japanese battleship commissioned nine days after the Pearl Harbor attack (6) |
| ZEROFIGHTER | Japanese plane employed in the Pearl Harbor attack |
| RAIDS | Pearl Harbor attack, and others |
| ACTOFWAR | Pearl Harbor attack, e.g. |
| HEROD | The reigning king at the time of Jesus' birth who ordered the killing of the innocents |
| TORATORATORA | 1970 film based on the book The Broken Seal: The Story Of "Operation Magic" And The Pearl Harbor Disaster by Ladislas Farago (4,4,4) |
| HERODTHEGREAT | King of Judea who ordered the Massacre of the Innocents so as to kill the infant Jesus (5,3,5) |
| PERICLES | Ceps rile up the Athenian who ordered the construction of the Parthenon (8) |
| VESPASIAN | Emperor who ordered the building of the Colosseum |
| JOHNSIRICA | Federal judge who ordered the disclosure of the Watergate tapes: 2 wds. |
| RAGLANSHIRT | Item of clothing named for the commander in chief who ordered the action of 10/25/1854 |
| ANTIPAS | Herod -------, tetrarch of Galilee, who ordered the execution of John the Baptist (7) |
| HADRIAN | The Roman emperor who ordered the building of a famous wall across northern Britain (7) |
| CHEOPS | Pharaoh, also known as Khufu, who ordered the building of the Great Pyramid of Giza |
| KINGCHARLES | French monarch who ordered the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, 1572 |
| MINOS | King who ordered the Labyrinth built |
