| DIETOFWORMS | The 1521 ____ declared Martin Luther to be an outlaw |
| HERETIC | Martin Luther, to Pope Leo X |
| LUTHERAN | One subject to a religious ban from the 1521 Edict of Worms |
| POVERTY | "National war on ___" declared March 16, 1964 |
| ERITREA | ____ declared independence from Ethiopia in 1993 |
| JOEBIDEN | ____ declared his presidential candidacy on April 25, 2019 |
| OCONNOR | Charismatic Irish leader of Chartism, Feargus ___, declared insane in 1852 (7) |
| CITYCOUNCIL | Birmingham ____ declared itself effectively bankrupt in 2023 |
| WORMS | City of SW Germany in which Martin Luther defended his doctrines to the Holy Roman emperor Charles V in 1521 (5) |
| TELL | An outlaw to play the informer (4) |
| BANDIT | The players go to it for an outlaw (6) |
| ROBINHOOD | Starting to steal at home a thug becomes an outlaw |
| RIDE | *An outlaw does it to his horse |
| DESPERADO | New speed right to bother an outlaw (9) |
| HIDEOUT | Place used to conceal a person, especially an outlaw (7) |
| BRIGAND | The musical group holds gear for an outlaw (7) |
| BRAWL | Fight with the brother, an outlaw (5) |
| AZTEC | Member of a state in central Mexico that was conquered by Cortes in 1521, followed by an oyster gem - as in the cultivar of Choisya x dewitteana (5,5) |
| PEARL | Member of a state in central Mexico that was conquered by Cortes in 1521, followed by an oyster gem - as in the cultivar of Choisya x dewitteana (5,5) |
| MARTINLUTHER | German leader of the Protestant Reformation excommunicated and outlawed by the Diet of Worms in 1521 |
