| CEAUSESCU | Romanian dictator Nicolae ____ was executed by firing squad in 1989 |
| ELENA | Wife of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, executed with him in 1989 (5) |
| BUKHARIN | Former Pravda editor Nikolai ____ was executed in 1938, after a show trial |
| ROMANIAN | Nationality of communist dictator Nicolae Ceau?escu (8) |
| MATAHARI | Dutch exotic dancer executed by firing squad as a German spy in World War I (4,4) |
| LAVAL | Ex-French PM executed by firing squad on October 15, 1945 (5) |
| EDITH | WWI British nurse executed by firing squad for sheltering escaping British soldiers, ... Cavell |
| EXECUTED | Shot by firing squad and carried out (8) |
| BYNG | Next to no good admiral shot by firing squad (4) |
| CAVELL | Edith ?, English nurse shot by a German firing squad in Belgium in 1915 (6) |
| OFTHE | In 1461, Thomas Roos, Lord of the Manor of Holt, was executed by the Yorkists for supporting the Lancastrians in the War ... Roses (2, 3) |
| ATAHUALPA | The last emperor of the Incas, who was executed by the Spanish in 1533 |
| CRISIS | Catastrophe of monarch who was executed by sibling (6) |
| JOHN | Disciple who was executed by Herod (4,3,7) |
| THEBAPTIST | Disciple who was executed by Herod (4,3,7) |
| GARYGILMORE | The Executioner's Song is Norman Mailer's account of this man's life, which ended before a Utah firing squad in 1977 (4,7) |
| CHARCOAL | Carbonic material made by firing wood, a traditional craft in Mallorca where old burning pits can be seen in the Serra de Tramuntana mountain range (8) |
| FINALE | CAPITOL'S Sloane in front of a firing squad, e.g. |
| GUNBOAT | Craft used by the firing squad? (7) |
| BURNINEFFIGY | Express hatred with fun by firing European figures (4,2,6) |
