| HAVETHELASTWORD | Settle argument how the slave trade crumbled - one English stopped |
| MOUTHWATERING | Tasty argument, how it evolves (5-8) |
| ARBITRATE | Settle argument using hard-core bit of speed (9) |
| ENDSROW | Silly Ron weds and settles argument (4,3) |
| WILLIAM | M.P., leader of the movement for the abolition of the slave trade (7,11) |
| WILBERFORCE | M.P., leader of the movement for the abolition of the slave trade (7,11) |
| ABOLITION | In British territories, the ending of the slave trade or slavery itself (9) |
| ABOLITIONISTS | Members of the movement led in Britain by William Wilberforce that helped bring about an end to the slave trade |
| SC | Northernmost of the two Lowcountry states, known for its rice, indigo and the slave trade that supported it (abbr.) |
| VET | Surgeon in the slave trade! (3) |
| PORTONOVO | National capital of Benin, and former port for the slave trade (5,4) |
| LORDNELSON | Trafalgar Square monument honoree who was a defender of the slave trade |
| SHIP | Seafaring vessel insidiously leveraged to power the slave trade |
| BRISTOL | City of southwest England, noted historically for its links with exploration and the slave trade (7) |
| ELSTREE | The studios in which The Dam Busters and Raiders Of The Lost Ark were made (the name came from one English town, though most of the film studios are located in the neighbouring one) |
| AMISTAD | Film by Steven Spielberg about the Atlantic slave trade (7) |
| VALET | Dares to leave slave trade for job in the hotel (5) |
| ESNE | Slave trade finally cut for the most part |
| UNIVERSAL | Ruin slave trade around the world (9) |
| AFUNNYTHING | Stephen Sondheim Broadway musical based on the life of the slave Pseudolus, ... Happened On The Way To The Forum (1,5,5) |
