| QUOVADIS | Peter Ustinov, as the emperor Nero, goes mad and burns Rome and a lot of Christians in this epic (3, |
| CHURCHMILITANT | Body of Christians in struggle against the powers of evil (6,8) |
| FLAVIAN | Vespasian and his sons Titus and Domitian, known collectively as the -- emperors of Rome (7) |
| LATIN | What was heard in Rome and a quarter of Paris (5) |
| LONGESTDAY | Paul Anka has a role in this epic 1962 war picture about the Normandy Landings of WWII, with The: 2 wds. |
| AGAPE | A Christian feast in token of fellowship especially one held by the early Christians in celebration of the last supper / open mouthed |
| AGRIPPINA | Roman princess, wife of Emperor Claudius, sister of Emperor Caligula and mother of Emperor Nero (9) |
| MARINER | Complete the title of this epic poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Rime of the Ancient ___ (7) |
| QUO | Robert Taylor and Deborah Kerr starred in this 1951 film set during the time of Emperor Nero, ... Va |
| DEATHONTHENILE | 1978 murder-mystery with Peter Ustinov as Poirot (5,2,3,4) |
| EVIL | ___ under the Sun, film with Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot (4) |
| UNDER | Evil ___ the Sun, film starring Peter Ustinov as Poirot (5) |
| CAVIL | In this epic, a village gets hypercritical censure (5) |
| PROTESTANTS | Christians in favour of both parts of Bible, except for this writer (11) |
| LENT | 40-day period of fasting and penitence observed by many Christians in preparation for Easter (4) |
| GIANT | Hudson romanced Taylor in this epic |
| ILIAD | Paris features in this epic poem (5) |
| LARK | Play in which King Lear goes mad and loses throne ultimately (4) |
| LOSETHEPLOT | Go mad and gamble away everything, keeping hold of power (4,3,4) |
| HUR | Ben's other half in the 1959 religious movie epic (3) |
