| MORE | Thomas ---, Lord Chancellor to Henry VIII 1529-32, executed on a charge of treason (4) |
| THOMASMORE | Lord Chancellor to Henry VIII 1529-1532, executed on a charge of treason (6,4) |
| HISS | Alger, U.S. State Department official tried twice on a charge of perjury in 1949 and 1950 (4) |
| IMPEACHMENT | Men emphatic about charge of treason (11) |
| CATHERINEHOWARD | Henry VIII's fifth wife, beheaded on a charge of adultery after less than two years of marriage (9,6) |
| WOLSEY | The former Lord Chancellor who died at Leicester, on his way to London to answer charges of treason (6) |
| ROLL | Basic gymnastics exercise involving a complete rotation of the body executed on the ground (4) |
| BEND | On a charge this might well be sinister (4) |
| AXEL | Jump executed on ice (4) |
| CLARENDON | 1st Earl of -; title of Edward Hyde, Lord Chancellor to Charles II, author of The History of the Rebellion (9) |
| THOMASWOLSEY | Henry VIII's Lord Chancellor from 1515 AD to 1529 AD, builder of Hampton Court Palace (6,6) |
| THIMASWOLSEY | Henry VIII's lord chancellor from 1515 to 1529 (6,6) |
| THIRSK | Yorkshire birthplace of Thomas Lord, creator of Lord's cricket ground (6) |
| MURAL | A painting executed on the wall of a building, such as Leonardo's (5) |
| LOUISE | --- of Savoy, mother of King Francis I and regent of France in 1515, 1525-26 and 1529 (6) |
| TAKINGACHANCE | Upset a king, a chancellor to some extent speculating (6,1,6) |
| SCISSORS | A pass executed on the run in rugby to another player who is crossing one's path (8) |
| ALLSOULSDAY | In 5.1, Buckingham is to be executed on this day. What is the name of this particular day? |
| SECCOS | Italian word for paintings executed on dry plaster, as opposed to frescos on wet/fresh intonaco (6) |
| ACCUSATION | Attribution of blame for a charge of wrongdoing |