| SHOOTING | Photographing the execution |
| UPSHOT | Result of photographing the sky? (6) |
| SNAPPING | Photographing the little son asleep (8) |
| TAKINGPLACE | Happening to be photographing the site! (6.5) |
| DELAROCHE | French painter whose depictions of historical scenes include The Children of Edward IV in the Tower and The Execution of Lady Jane Grey (9) |
| ROBESPIERRE | The Reign of Terror during the French Revolution effectively ended with the execution of this prominent leader (11) |
| LOUISXVII | Known as the "lost Dauphin", prince who died an orphan aged 10 around two years after the execution |
| HEROD | The biblical king who is said to have ordered the execution of all baby boys (5) |
| KINGCHARLES | The English monarchy was (temporarily) abolished after the execution of this ruler (4,7) |
| WALSINGHAM | Sir Francis, creator of the spy network that secured the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (10) |
| ANTIPAS | Herod -------, tetrarch of Galilee, who ordered the execution of John the Baptist (7) |
| INDORSE | Approve the execution of a cleaning step to welcome the revolutionary staff (7) |
| AUTODAFE | Ceremony of the Spanish Inquisition including the execution of sentences passed on sinners (4-2-2) |
| ASP | This venomous snake was the symbol of royalty in Egypt, and its bite was used for the execution of favoured criminals in Greco-Roman times. |
| HOWARD | Queen of England whose wedding was on the same day as the execution of Thomas Cromwell (9,6) |
| CATHERINE | Queen of England whose wedding was on the same day as the execution of Thomas Cromwell (9,6) |
| SALOME | Daughter of Herodias, instrumental in the execution of John the Baptist (6) |
| ANASTASIA | The daughter of the Russian tsar who was rumoured to have survived the executions at Ekaterinburg in |
| STAY | Put off the execution |
| RUNTIME | The execution period of a computer program |
