| HERODTHEGREAT | King of Judea who ordered the Massacre of the Innocents so as to kill the infant Jesus (5,3,5) |
| HEROD | King of Judea who ordered the Massacre of the Innocents (5) |
| SHOOT | So hot, possibly, as to kill! (5) |
| HAIDA | The chief Cumshewa, who led the massacre of the crew of the American boat Resolution, belonged to wh |
| RADII | Bones found in river two years after the Massacre of the Innocents? (5) |
| COVENTRY | ____ Carol, a traditional lullaby about the Massacre of the Innocents (8) |
| STONETHECROWS | It's one way to kill the birds. Crikey (5,3,5) |
| GLENCOE | Scene of the massacre of the MacDonalds in February 1692 (7) |
| ESTHER | She prevented the massacre of the Persian Jews |
| EEK | Guido who painted "Massacre of the Innocents" |
| RENI | Guido who painted "Massacre of the Innocents" |
| HAUTEMARNE | In which department did the Massacre of Vassy occur, an incident that began the French Wars of Relig |
| BATTLESHIPPOTEMKIN | 1925 silent film directed by Sergei Eisenstein whose most celebrated scene is the massacre of civilians on the Odessa Steps |
| DELACROIX | Leading exponent of Romanticism whose paintings such as The Massacre at Chios, The Death of Sardanap |
| PURIM | Jewish holiday celebrated to commemorate the deliverance of the Jews from the massacre planned for them by Haman (5) |
| KNIVES | Night of the Long -; massacre of the Brownshirts on Hitler's orders in 1934A (6) |
| SOLDIERBLUE | 1970 film about the massacre of Cheyenne by US cavalry in 1864 (7,4) |
| CHASSE | French word for "hunt", thus a dram of liqueur following coffee or taken to kill the aftertaste of tobacco (6) |
| MATADORS | Bullfighters whose task is to kill the bull by a sword thrust between the shoulder blades (8) |
| BEZIERS | French city and scene of a massacre of the 11 in 1209 (7) |
