| HEROD | Former ruler of Galilee has the woman do turn |
| ARETHA | Singer of "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man," familiarly |
| PANTHER | "The cat," you gasp "has the woman" (7) |
| SHEBEEN | Where has the woman lived? In an illicit drinking-den (7) |
| HERNIA | Medical condition has the woman in a mess (6) |
| LADY | Woman did lie about duke (4) |
| LUCRETIA | Roman woman did not start to circulate going round (8) |
| GATHERED | Learned that woman did not let out skirts |
| HERODANTIPAS | 1st Century ruler of Galilee and Perea, known for his purported role in the executions of John the Baptist and Jesus (5,7) |
| LASTEMPEROR | The ---------- , film about the life of Puyi, the former ruler of China (4,7) |
| POL | The former ruler of the Khmer Rouge, ... Pot |
| CAPERNAUM | Ruined fishing village on the NW shore of the Sea of Galilee; home of Jesus Christ during the years of his ministry (9) |
| THOU | Still Latin, you embrace the former ruler of Hanoi - an old you! (4) |
| INERTIA | Laziness - that's what the former ruler of Iran kept hidden, reportedly (7) |
| SHAH | Title of a former ruler of Iran |
| NIZAM | Title of the former rulers of Hyderabad (5) |
| IVAN | The name of six former rulers of Russia (4) |
| REMBRANDT | Name by which the Dutch artist who created The Storm on the Sea of Galilee, Belshazzar's Feast, The Night Watch and The Syndics was known (9) |
| DOC | Papa ___ (former ruler of Haiti) |
| TSAR | Term for a former ruler of Russia |
