| STONO | 1739 South Carolina slave rebellion site |
| SOWETO | South African rebellion site |
| IRELA | Easter Rebellion site, 1916 |
| INDIA | Sepoy Rebellion site |
| NAT | Slave rebellion leader Turner |
| NATTURNER | Leader of an 1831 slave rebellion |
| SPARTACUS | Leader of a Roman slave rebellion (9) |
| DAVIDHUME | Scottish philosopher, whose A Treatise of Human Nature (1739-40)'Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions' (5,4) |
| DICKTURPIN | Famous English crook, hanged at York in 1739 (4,6) |
| DAVIDDALE | Stewarton-born philanthropist (1739 - 1806) |
| TURPIN | Dick, English highwayman hanged in York in 1739 (6) |
| SAMUEL | Pamela (1739); the author's first name (6) |
| POTEMKIN | Grigory -, 1739-1791, Russian soldier and politician (8) |
| DICK | And 17. Famous highwayman hanged at York in 1739 (4,6) |
| WAROFJENKINSEAR | Conflict between England and Spain starting in 1739 (3,2,7,3) |
| THRONE | Jewelled seat of the Mughal emperors, studded with the Koh-i-Noor diamond and other precious items, looted in 1739 by the Persians (7,6) |
| PEACOCK | Jewelled seat of the Mughal emperors, studded with the Koh-i-Noor diamond and other precious items, looted in 1739 by the Persians (7,6) |
| JENKINSEAR | Its removal sparked a war between Britain and Spain in 1739 (7,3) |
| THEBIRTH | With 25-Across, 2016 film about a slave rebellion: 2 wds. |
| VIRGINIA | US state where the slave rebellion in 15-/25-Across takes place |
