| LONGINUS | Gaius Cassius ---, leading conspirator in the plot to kill Julius Caesar (8) |
| BRUTUS | Leading conspirator among the assassins of Julius Caesar |
| CASSIUS | Prime 'instigator' of the plot to kill Julius Caesar (7) |
| PLANTASEED | Put down one of those in the plot to create doubt (5,1,4) |
| BROCASSEELY | In 5,6, what are the names of the two traitors who are executed for involvement with the plot to kill King Henry at Oxford? |
| CLOSECALL | Leading conspirators lose phone connection, a narrow escape! (5,4) |
| PLUNKETT | Oliver ---, 17th-Century Irish Roman Catholic churchman and martyr executed as a supposed conspirator in the Popish Plot (8) |
| DAGGERS | Used to kill Julius Caesar. |
| STABS | Attempts to kill Julius Caesar? |
| SCHEMERS | Plan of action writing introduction to screenplay with those crafty types in the plot (8) |
| GROWBAGS | Government quarrel leads to bigotry and grudge significantly for the moneymakers in the plots (8) |
| NARCISSI | An upsetting crisis disturbs those in the plot (8) |
| CASCA | One of the conspirators in the assassination of Jullius Caesar in the Shakespeare play (5) |
| BRANCHED | Divided American farm in the plot (8) |
| INTRIGUE | Arouse interest in the plot |
| THOMASPERCY | Constable of Alnwick Castle, conspirator in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 (6,5) |
| FAWKES | Guy - - -, conspirator in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 (6) |
| CATESBY | Robert, leader of the conspirators in the 1605 Gunpowder Plot (7) |
| OATES | Anglican priest who fabricated the 'Popish Plot' to kill King Charles II in 1678 (5,5) |
| THEFT | Identity ___ (part of the plot to "The Talented Mr. Ripley") |
