| HOWARDSEND | Catherine's execution in this tale? |
| WEALTHIEST | Most affluent people, like myself, misconstrued this tale (10) |
| MAIDENHEAD | Berkshire town in which King Charles I met his children for the last time before his execution in 1649 (10) |
| GUILLOTINE | Official means of execution in France from 1791 to 1981 (10) |
| TYBURNTREE | The gallows named after a place of execution in London (6-4) |
| IVANHOE | Robert Taylor and Joan Fontaine starred in this tale of knights in armour based on Walter Scott's no |
| ATHLETICS | Series of events, perhaps, 100 in this tale fabricated (9) |
| LINDA | Liza Tarbuck was the heroine in this tale of British singledom (----- Green) |
| QUEENMARYI | Henry and Catherine's daughter |
| CIGARETTES | Catherine's tiger throws up slender cylinders (10) |
| ELATION | No! I spread this tale in high spirits (7) |
| CAPITALOFFENCE | This may result in execution in Edinburgh of criminal middle-man (7,7) |
| HISTORY | Central part of this tale is narrative (7) |
| CHESSMAN | Caryl ___, imprisoned in 1948 until his execution in 1960, who wrote of his time on 'death row' (8) |
| ROBESPIERRE | Maximilien ___, a key figure in the French Revolution until his overthrow and execution in 1794 (11) |
| BLUEBEARD | The Grimms' "The Fitcher's Bird" is a variation of this tale, following a murderous husband (9) |
| GAS | Legal method of execution in the U.S. |
| NOOSE | Legal method of execution in two states |
| ELECTRICCHAIR | Device for execution in some US states (8,5) |
| DISPATCH | Execution in underworld district |
