| FRANZ | And 25 Down Archduke of Austria, whose assassination in 1914 led to the start of the First World War (5,9) |
| FERDINAND | Archduke of Austria, whose assassination in 1914 led to the start of the First World War (5,9)27:D::Smokeless explosive material used for propelling bullets and shells (7) |
| KIROV | Sergei, Soviet politician whose assassination in 1934 was the start of Stalin's purge of the Communist Party (5) |
| CARLOTA | Who was the wife of Maximilian the Archduke of Austria and Empress of Mexico from 1864 to 1867? (7) |
| EDELWEISS | Immortalised in The Sound of Music, the alpine "wool flower" symbolic of Austria, whose genus, Leontopodium, means "lion's paw" (9) |
| FRANZFERDINAND | Archduke ____'s assassination in 1914 prompted Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia |
| MARAT | French revolutionary leader whose assassination in a bath by Girondin sympathiser Charlotte Corday is depicted in a painting by Jacques-Louis David (5) |
| RUDOLF | Archduke of Austria who was the son of emperor Franz Joseph (6) |
| ICLAUDIUS | Novel by English writer Robert Graves dealing with the history of the Roman Empire from Julius Caesar's assassination in 44BC to Caligula's assassination in AD41 (1,8) |
| FACT | No fiction in the start of the first act (4) |
| AERO | Prefix that's at the start of the first A in NASA |
| EDWARD | King whose assassination at Corfe Castle is associated with the tradition or ceremony of the loving cup (6) |
| BECKET | Archbishop whose quarrel with his former friend and chess/hawking companion, Henry II, led to said prelate's assassination in 1170 (6) |
| IRONAGE | Historical era that began around the start of the first millennium BC |
| KENNEDY | US president whose assassination was the subject of a 1991 film by Oliver Stone (7) |
| TYROL | Mountainous province of Austria whose capital is Innsbruck (5) |
| STYRIA | Mountainous state of Austria whose capital is Graz |
| ABRAHAMLINCOLN | The 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865 (7,7) |
| MCKINLEY | William _, the 25th President of the United States, from 1897 until his assassination in 1901 (8) |
| WHATCOULDYOU | Start of the first riddle |
