| CAVELL | Edith ......, nurse executed on 12 October 1915 (6) |
| FUKUOKA | City that will host Ireland v Samoa on 12 October (7) |
| SECCOS | Italian word for paintings executed on dry plaster, as opposed to frescos on wet/fresh intonaco (6) |
| RALEGH | English adventurer and one-time royal favourite executed on the orders of James VI & I (6) |
| PIAFFE | Irrational blunder deposing leader: one's executed on the spot |
| REVERE | Patriot Paul whose time capsule was found on 12/11/14 |
| EDITHCAVELL | English nurse executed in 1915 for assisting Allied soldiers in escaping German-occupied Belgium (5,6) |
| EDITH | - Cavell, nurse executed in 1915 |
| THOMASMORE | Lord Chancellor to Henry VIII 1529-1532, executed on a charge of treason (6,4) |
| AXEL | Jump executed on ice (4) |
| DIDEROT | French man of letters charged and executed on retirement (7) |
| ICE | A camel may be executed on it |
| CEAUSESCU | Which Romanian dictator was executed on Christmas Day, 1989? (9) |
| PLAYS | Lots of them are executed on football fields |
| MURAL | A painting executed on the wall of a building (5) |
| RALEIGH | Sir Walter -; courtier and explorer knighted by Elizabeth I but later executed on the order of her successor, James I (7) |
| MORE | Sir Thomas _, English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and Lord Chancellor to Henry VIII, executed on a charge of treason (4) |
| ROLL | Basic gymnastics exercise involving a complete rotation of the body executed on the ground |
| SCISSORS | A pass executed on the run in rugby to another player who is crossing one's path (8) |
| ALLSOULSDAY | In 5.1, Buckingham is to be executed on this day. What is the name of this particular day? |
