| RUNTIME | The execution period of a computer program |
| RENEWAL | The extension of the period of a loan of a library book or the validity of a contract, lease, licence, subscription etc (7) |
| PATCHED | Of a computer program, corrected or improved by adding a small set of instructions |
| 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) |
| ICON | Graphical representation of a computer program or application that is displayed on a screen (4) |
| RECODE | Change, as part of a computer program |
| BETARELEASE | Early distribution of a computer program: 2 wds. |
| ERIOR | cause of a computer program crash |
| SUBROUTINE | Part of a computer program |
| SOURCECODE | Original form of a computer program |
| UPDATE | New version of a computer program, eg |
| THURSDAY | Known in Latin as Jovis dies and derived from the name of a thunder god, one of the 24-hour periods of a week (8) |
| WALSINGHAM | Sir Francis, creator of the spy network that secured the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (10) |
| ROBESPIERRE | The Reign of Terror during the French Revolution effectively ended with the execution of this prominent leader (11) |
| HEROD | Ruler of Galilee responsible for the execution of John the Baptist, ... Antipas |
| 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) |
