| GRACCHI | The ___; brothers Tiberius and Gaius, tribunes of the plebs who attempted to pass land reforms in ancient Rome (7) |
| CORNELIA | Feminine form of Roman family name honouring mother of Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus (8) |
| RIENZI | Title Roman tribune of an early Wagner opera |
| PROLE | Start of poorly-paid job for one of the plebs |
| REDWEDGE | A collective of musicians who attempted to engage young people with politics in the period leading up to the 1987 general election |
| SCAEVOLA | Cognomen of members of the Gens Mucia, notably Gaius who attempted to assassinate Porsenna |
| COLONELBLOOD | Irish soldier and adventurer who attempted to steal the Crown Jewels in 1671 (7,5) |
| ICARUS | Son of Daedalus who attempted to escape Crete wearing wings of feathers and wax (6) |
| GRACCHUS | Tiberius ___ and, later, his brother Gaius were tribunes who sponsored agrarian reform in ancient Rome (8) |
| ATTILA | King of the Huns who attempted to conquer Roman Gaul in 451 |
| JAI | HOP manager who attempted to frame Ben Tucker for the recent tragedy in Emmerdale (3,6) |
| SHARMA | HOP manager who attempted to frame Ben Tucker for the recent tragedy in Emmerdale (3,6) |
| SHACKLETON | Ernest, Anglo-Irish naval officer and explorer who attempted to reach the South Pole (10) |
| ERNEST | Explorer who attempted to cross the Antarctic from the ship Endurance, ... Shackleton |
| TRIBUNE | In ancient Rome, an officer elected by the plebs to protect their interests |
| SHELLEY | Poet whose Posthumous Fragments of Margaret Nicholson, written with Thomas Jefferson Hogg, remembers said seamstress who attempted the life of George III in 1786 (7) |
| THOMASHARRIS | "The Silence of the Lambs" novelist who graduated from Baylor in 1964 and began working as a reporter for the local Waco Tribune-Herald |
| ELSER | Depicted in 13 Minutes, a carpenter who attempted to assassinate Hitler (5) |
| RAY | Slimy businessman who attempted to seduce Michelle Connor in Corrie (3) |
| FANNY | Woman who attempted to assassinate Lenin in 1918 (5,6) |
