| 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) |
| MERIDIAN | ___ Centre (St. Catharines site on August 6th for the Opening Ceremony of the 2022 Canada Summer Games) |
| PARANOID | Black Sabbath hit, played at the closing ceremony of the 2022 Commonwealth Games (8) |
| CROMWELL | He installed himself as Lord Protector after the execution of Charles I |
| OLYMPICS | Gisele appeared at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer ___ |
| ISABELLA | Queen who established the Spanish Inquisition |
| REASSESS | Judge again concerned with morons' start of sentences (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) |
| MELBOURNE | At the closing ceremony of the 1956 Olympics, the traditional parade of national teams was discarded for the first time, and athletes were allowed to mingle as they moved around the stadium. This was |
| TORQUEMADA | Tomas de ?, 15th-century Dominican friar; first Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition (10) |
| 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) |
