| THEHISTORY | Work of 15: among plays, others by him not entirely ambiguous (3,7,4) |
| KAFKASDICK | Copy returned shortly, thrill getting hold of terribly sad work of 15 (6,4) |
| ORESTEIA | Greek plays, others in Old English, I start to adapt (8) |
| CALPURNIA | Wife of Julius Caesar, who, forewarned, supposedly begged him not to attend the Senate on the day of his assassination (9) |
| LUCKY | "He who is not ___, let him not go a-fishing" |
| SKATER | It's not diffidence that makes him not want to break the ice! (6) |
| ATTILA | Pope Leo I persuaded him not to attack Rome |
| GRANDMACUSTER | Person who said, "I told him not to go down there, but would he listen? Nooooo"? |
| DAGGER | What Macbeth saw before him (not Birnam Wood) |
| MARSHMALLOW | Sweet food item wrecks him, not one to permit (11) |
| MONOTHEISM | One god's to be worshipped - him, not some other! |
| TELLER | Bank on him not keeping a secret! (6) |
| MISANTHROPE | He doesn't like people to spare him - not like this (11) |
| GOLDCREST | Little bird caught others by centre of target |
| OUTSMARTING | Using brains to beat others by being clever in middle of excursion (11) |
| PAPA | Madonna asked him not to preach |
| TEN | see 16ac, Name given to the murder of Ernst Rehm and others by the SS on Hitler's orders (5,2,3,4,6) |
| ION | see 16ac, Name given to the murder of Ernst Rehm and others by the SS on Hitler's orders (5,2,3,4,6) |
| FREE | see 16ac, Name given to the murder of Ernst Rehm and others by the SS on Hitler's orders (5,2,3,4,6) |
| ADAY | see 16ac, Name given to the murder of Ernst Rehm and others by the SS on Hitler's orders (5,2,3,4,6) |