| WILLIAMTELL | Legendary Swiss patriot compelled by an Austrian governor to shoot an apple from his son's head |
| PRUSIKKNOT | A friction hitch devised by an Austrian mountaineer |
| MAC | Raincoat made of rubberised fabric by an Austrian physicist reportedly (3) |
| WILLIAMTE | Legendary Swiss patriot, by extension |
| TELLTALE | Legendary Swiss patriot thanks the French for revealing source |
| TELL | Legendary Swiss patriot and archer, William ... |
| ROSSINI | Italian composer of an opera about a legendary national hero of Switzerland reputed to have shot an apple from his son's head with a crossbow (7) |
| WILLIAM | - Tell; Swiss folk hero said to have shot an apple from the top of his son's head with a crossbow (7) |
| ALTDORF | Swiss city where 18-Across shot an apple from his son's head |
| SHOWINTELL | Demonstratin' how to shoot an apple off someone's head? |
| BOB | Try to pick an apple from a tub, on the 31st |
| EXCUTITUR | It is shaken out — like an apple from a lover's gown, Cat. 65.22 |
| AIM | Important thing to have when firing an arrow at an apple above your son's head |
| AP | What did William Tell shoot off his son's head? (5) |
| TREASON | In 5.2, a scene with the Duke and Duchess of York, the Duke snatches a letter from his son. After he reads the letter, what does he accuse his son of? |
| WIDEANGLE | Camera lens with a short focal length enabling the photographer to shoot an arc greater than the 50 |
| COCK | Pull back the hammer of a gun to shoot an adult male chicken (4) |
| SAM | Recipient of a kidney from his son Dexter Hartman in EastEnders (3,5) |
| ATLAS | Titan compelled by Zeus to support the sky |
| OUGHT | To be compelled by duty, obligation or desirability |
