| TARPEIAN | It is a cliff on the Capitoline Hill over which those condemned to death were thrown. In Coriolanus (act 3, scene 1), Sicinius Velutus says, "He shall be thrown down the ___ rock/ With rigorous hands. |
| DAMNED | Those condemned to eternal punishment (6) |
| TARPEIANROCK | Cliff on the Capitoline Hill in ancient Rome from which traitors were thrown to their deaths (8,4) |
| TRIUMPH | In ancient Rome, a ritual procession to the Capitoline Hill in honour of a victorious general (7) |
| HEADSMASHED | This rather forthrightly named site, near Fort Macleod in Alberta, is a cliff over which hunters chased buffalo; it was used for 6,000 years. It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1981. It |
| LORELEI | Le Loire Girl found on a cliff on the Rhine (7) |
| CARLISLE | In 5.6, one traitor remains and in the presence of King Henry is condemned to death. What is his name? |
| ASHEEP | Answer to the folk riddle "Over the hills, over the hills / Goes a fur coat" |
| ANTIGONE | In Greek mythology, the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta condemned to death for cremating the body of her brother (8) |
| REPRIEVE | To postpone or remit the punishment of a person, especially one condemned to death (8) |
| ROME | Where is the Capitoline Hill? (4) |
| TORCH | A light on the hill over the church (5) |
| ASSAIL | Descend a cliff on a rope (6) |
| CUESTA | Hill with a cliff on one side |
| ABSEIL | Descend a cliff on a rope |
| CHALK | Soft, white calcite which forms a 15km stretch of cliffs on the coast of Kent (5) |
| ABSEILED | Descended a cliff on ropes (8) |
| DAMNATI | Falso ____ crimine, those condemned on a false charge (Aen. 6.430) |
| VIRGILIA | In Coriolanus, what is Coriolanus's wife's name? |
| DALE | "Over hill, over ___, we will hit the dusty..." |
