| BRUTUS | Marcus Junius, Roman politician and a leader in the conspiracy to kill Julius Caesar (6) |
| OATES | Priest who was pilloried and condemned to life imprisonment for fabricating the supposed Popish Plot conspiracy to kill Charles II (5) |
| EDWARDPUSEY | Anglican theologian and a leader of the Oxford Movement (6,5) |
| GUNPOWDERPLOT | What is the name of the 1605 conspiracy to kill England's James I? (9,4) |
| TIFFANY | Louis, glassmaker and a leader of the Art Nouveau movement (7) |
| ANTONY | Mark _, Roman politician and general; important supporter of Julius Caesar and lover of Cleopatra (6) |
| CICERO | Roman politician's cool and reserved at first in company (6) |
| TOECAP | A leader in the Oxford Movement? (6) |
| IMPACT | Effect of one politician and a deed (6) |
| ALYSSA | Milano who's a leader in the #MeToo movement |
| EMPIRE | For instance, Roman politician from overseas in Ireland (6) |
| LONGINUS | Gaius Cassius ---, leading conspirator in the plot to kill Julius Caesar (8) |
| CAESAR | A Roman politician after whom Napoleon styled himself |
| INONIT | Part of the conspiracy (2,2,2) |
| CASSIUS | Prime 'instigator' of the plot to kill Julius Caesar (7) |
| DAGGERS | Used to kill Julius Caesar. |
| STABS | Attempts to kill Julius Caesar? |
| OPAL | --- Lee, American activist; a leader in the movement to make Juneteenth a federal holiday in the US (4) |
| CATO | ? The Elder, Roman politician and general, author of the first history of Rome (4) |
| STRAW | Jack ---, a leader in the Peasants' Revolt, also the name of the Home Secretary 1997-2001 (5) |
