| AUTODAFE | Burning of a heretic by the Spanish Inquisition (4-2-2) |
| BRUNO | Which Italian philosopher was burnt as a heretic by the Inquisition (5) |
| RIPARIAN | Prayer for a deceased heretic by the river (8) |
| FRANCISCOGOYA | Spanish romantic painter and printmaker whose works include La maja desnuda and La maja vestida, both confiscated by the Spanish Inquisition in 1813 (9,4) |
| PENDULUM | The _ _ _ _, short story by Edgar Allan Poe about the torture of a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition (3,3,3,8) |
| ISABELLA | Queen who established the Spanish Inquisition |
| ACIDRAIN | Polluted precipitation caused by the burning of fossil fuels (4,4) |
| CHARCOAL | Black amorphous form of carbon produced by partial burning of wood, bone or other organic matter in the absence of air (8) |
| APOSTATE | Poet sat around with a heretic (8) |
| BURGHEAD | Town in Moray where the fire festival 'Burning of the Clavie' is held (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) |
| UPHELLYAA | Shetland festival which includes the ceremonial burning of a Viking ship (2-5-2) |
| GARROTTE | Spanish Inquisition torture tool |
| APSE | The end of the church returned in the Spanish Inquisition (4) |
| ISABELLAI | Queen of Castile who instituted the Spanish Inquisition with husband Ferdinand of Aragon (8,1) |
| SANBENITO | Yellow garment with a red cross, worn by penitent heretics in the Spanish Inquisition (9) |
| FANG | Cardinal played by Terry Gilliam in Monty Python's 'The Spanish Inquisition' sketches (1971) (4) |
| BARBARIAN | Savage and wounding remark of a heretic |
