| CONGREGATIONOFTHECURIA | Committee of cardinals |
| HOLYOFFICE | Committee of cardinals |
| REIGN | ... of Terror, period of the French Revolution when supreme power was in the hands of the Committee of Public Safety and the Jacobins (5) |
| LEONID | General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982 (6,8) |
| BREZHNEV | General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982 (6,8) |
| PROPAGANDA | What was the name of the committee of Catholic cardinals formed in 1622 for spreading the faith throughout the world? (10) |
| LEONIDBREZHNEV | General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982 |
| DEAN | Head of the College of Cardinals |
| LAWLORD | Pre-August 2009, a member of the Appellate Committee of the Upper House (3,4) |
| KGB | USSR's Committee of State Security and longtime foe of the CIA (1,1,1) |
| REDCROSS | International Committee of the ?, humanitarian organisation formally established following the Geneva Convention of 1864 (3,5) |
| RED | International Committee of the -, humanitarian organization formally established following the Geneva Convention of 1864 (3,5) |
| CROSS | International Committee of the -, humanitarian organization formally established following the Geneva Convention of 1864 (3,5) |
| CONCLAVE | What name is given to the assembly of cardinals for the election of a pope? (8) |
| BUBKA | President of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine. (5) |
| LIPENG | Chinese Communist politician; prime minister from 1988 to 1998 and chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 1998 to 2003 (2,4) |
| CONCAVE | Set of cardinals overlooking Latin characteristic of an arch? (7) |
| COLLEGE | Part of university of cardinals electing a pope (7) |
| JUROR | One of a committee of adjudicators in court (5) |
| GEORGESDANTON | The first president of the Committee of Public Safety in the French Revolution (7,6) |
