| AUTODAFE | Judicial sentence, or its execution, by the Spanish Inquisition; Portuguese, 'act of the faith' (4-2-2) |
| BABIYAR | Ravine in Kiev, Ukraine that was the site of a mass execution by the Nazis in 1941 (4,3) |
| MAKE | 3 & 5Dn. Pretend to force one to accept the faith (4-7) |
| BELIEVE | Pretend to force one to accept the faith (4-7) |
| FRANCISCOGOYA | Spanish romantic painter and printmaker whose works include La maja desnuda and La maja vestida, both confiscated by the Spanish Inquisition in 1813 (9,4) |
| COMMUTE | Reduce (a judicial sentence) |
| COMMUTING | Reducing (a judicial sentence) (9) |
| CADENCE | Based on Latin for "to fall", the close of a musical phrase or section; a fall in pitch of the voice at the end of a sentence; or, rhythmic flow (7) |
| PROJECT | Endeavour, scheme or task, "cast" into the future or "thrown forward" in anticipation of its execution (7) |
| DEFENDER | Of the Faith, a title held by Charles III as head of the Church of England (8) |
| PENDULUM | The _ _ _ _, short story by Edgar Allan Poe about the torture of a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition (3,3,3,8) |
| ANDTHE | The _ _ _ _, short story by Edgar Allan Poe about the torture of a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition (3,3,3,8) |
| PIT | The _ _ _ _, short story by Edgar Allan Poe about the torture of a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition (3,3,3,8) |
| THEPIT | ___ And The Pendulum, short story by Edgar Allan Poe about the torture of a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition (3,3) |
| CHORUS | What is the name of the character that introduces each act of the play? |
| ROMANS | Book of the New Testament preceded by the Acts of the Apostles (6) |
| APSE | The end of the church returned in the Spanish Inquisition (4) |
| ELLIPSIS | Omission of parts of a word or sentence, or a set of dots (...) indicating it (8) |
| STOOGE | Any one of the trio, Moe, Curly and Larry, who made up the vaudeville and comedy act of the mid 20th |
| GORING | The act of the poor bull occasionally getting the pompous bullfighter (go, bull!). |
