| BRUTUS | Leading conspirator among the assassins of Julius Caesar |
| CASCA | One of the assassins of Julius Caesar - reputedly the one to strike the first blow |
| CASSIUS | Senator who was one of the assassins of Julius Caesar |
| ETTU | '_ _ Brute' Julius Caesar said as he saw Brutus among the assassins (2,2) |
| LONGINUS | Gaius Cassius ---, leading conspirator in the plot to kill Julius Caesar (8) |
| CLOSECALL | Leading conspirators lose phone connection, a narrow escape! (5,4) |
| OSWALD | Surname of the assassin of President John F. Kennedy (6) |
| IDES | The _ of March, the date of the assassination of Julius Caesar (4) |
| FREYA | Whose books include The Valleys Of The Assassins (1934) |
| STARK | Whose books include The Valleys Of The Assassins (1934) |
| MARCH | Month in which the anniversary of the assassination of Julius Caesar occurs |
| NINJAS | Japanese assassins of old |
| KILLS | What the assassin does in the dark ___ I"ll scream! (5) |
| NINJA | Simone the singer hugs Jack the assassin |
| AUGUSTUS | This puzzle's clues refer to "Caesar." He was the adopted son of Julius Caesar. What is the name by which, historically speaking, he is best known? |
| AENEAS | Son of Aphrodite and the Trojan prince Anchises, from whom the family of Julius Caesar claimed descent (6) |
| HITASNAG | Run into unexpected problems with jobs for the assassins guarding a bully (3,1,4) |
| HEADSHOT | The assassin's dream is noticeable from his own passport (8) |
| WINT | Accomplice of the assassin Kidd in Ian Fleming's James Bond novel Diamonds Are Forever (1956) (4) |
| BASSO | The assassin Sparafucile, in "Rigoletto" |
