| KORESH | David, leader of the Branch Davidian cult engaged in a siege near Waco, Texas, in 1993 (6) |
| WACO | Scene of 51-day siege in Texas in 1993 at a property owned by the Branch Davidian cult (4) |
| BISECTED | International cult engaged in plot split in half (8) |
| ALAMO | Texas fort held by Davy Crockett in a siege of 1836 (5) |
| BAYLOR | Baptist university in Waco, Texas |
| SHIITE | Member of the branch of Islam formed when the major divide occurred in the seventh century (alternative spelling) (6) |
| AUSTIN | City designated as the permanent capital of the Republic of Texas in 1839 (6) |
| UNCLOG | Clear a foreign call from head of The Branch (6) |
| RELIEF | Sort of map of the lifting of a siege (6) |
| HILTON | Conrad Nicholson ___, American businessman who bought the 40-room Mobley Hotel in Cisco, Texas, in 1919 |
| ELPASO | U.S. actress and singer Debbie Reynolds was born in this city in Texas in 1932 (2,4) |
| AOUDAD | *North African curvy-horned wild sheep that was released in Texas in the 1950s |
| ATF | Org. involved in the Branch Davidian raid in Waco |
| STEEL | David -, leader of the Liberal Party from 1976-88 (5) |
| OFFSHOOT | Free in the working sense to take a photograph of The Branch (3-5) |
| BENGURION | David ***-******, leader who delivered Israel's declaration of independence in 1948 (3-6) |
| SHRINER | Member of the branch of Freemasonry whose headgear is a red fez (7) |
| KNOT | It ties the mark of the branch into the wood (4) |
| PEARMAIN | Using stick across tip of the branch, a fruit is obtained |
| ORTHOPAEDIC | Of the branch of medicine dealing with bones |
