| HAWHAW | Warlord executed for treason (3-3) |
| SHUHAN | Dynastic state founded by warlord Liu Bei that was one of the three major states that competed for supremacy over China in the Three Kingdoms period (3,3) |
| ROBROY | 17th-century Scottish warlord (3,3) |
| THOMAS | British statesman who refused to take the oath of supremacy to Henry VIII as head of the Church and was executed for high treason in 1535 (3,6,4) |
| NEY | Michel ?, French marshal executed for treason in 1815 (3) |
| SHOGUN | Briefly display weapon for warlord (6) |
| THOMASCROMWELL | King Henry VIII's chief adviser largely responsible for the dissolution of the monasteries, executed for treason in 1540 (6,8) |
| LAVAL | French politician executed for treason: 1945 |
| LAUD | Archbishop of Canterbury executed for treason in 1645 (4) |
| RALEIGH | English navigator executed for treason in 1618 |
| ATTILA | 5th-century warlord dubbed the Scourge of God |
| TUCUUN | Chinese warlord (6) |
| THANOS | Warlord in "Avengers: Infinity War" |
| CAVELL | Edith ___, British nurse executed for helping Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium during World War I |
| CHARLESI | The only English monarch to have been tried and executed for treason (7,1) |
| JOHNBROWN | *Abolitionist who was the first person executed for treason in the United States |
| ESSEX | Earl of ---, favourite of Queen Elizabeth I of England executed for treason in 1601 (5) |
| WALLACE | See 32A, Scottish knight and landowner, executed for treason in 1305, who inspired the 1995 film Braveheart |
| WILLIAM | See 32A, Scottish knight and landowner, executed for treason in 1305, who inspired the 1995 film Braveheart |
| SOMALI | Like some warlords |
