| XIMENES | Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition (7) |
| TORQUEMADA | Tomas de ?, 15th-century Dominican friar; first Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition (10) |
| HOSTILE | Opposed by many people, the Spanish Inquisition's first rising (7) |
| PENDULUM | The _ _ _ _, short story by Edgar Allan Poe about the torture of a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition (3,3,3,8) |
| ANDTHE | The _ _ _ _, short story by Edgar Allan Poe about the torture of a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition (3,3,3,8) |
| PIT | The _ _ _ _, short story by Edgar Allan Poe about the torture of a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition (3,3,3,8) |
| AUTODAFE | Ceremony of the Spanish Inquisition including the pronouncement and execution of sentences (4-2-2) |
| PADRE | Cushion concerning member of the Spanish Inquisition perhaps |
| APSE | The end of the church returned in the Spanish Inquisition (4) |
| CRUELTY | Feature of Inquisitor? Try clue requiring modification (7) |
| TORQUAY | With woman backing out, inquisitor goes to unknown resort (7) |
| XIMENEZ | I'm in grip of revolutionary religious teaching by former Inquisitor |
| ISABELLAI | Queen of Castile 1474-1504 who, with her husband Ferdinand II, instituted the Spanish Inquisition and backed Columbus's expedition of 1492 (8,1) |
| DOLORES | Hogwarts' first High Inquisitor __ Umbridge |
| HERETIC | Inquisitor's quarry |
| DEZA | Diego de, theologian and inquisitor of Spain (4) |
| FRANCISCOGOYA | Spanish romantic painter and printmaker whose works include La maja desnuda and La maja vestida, both confiscated by the Spanish Inquisition in 1813 (9,4) |
| ISABELLA | Queen who established the Spanish Inquisition |
| PALIN | "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!" speaker Michael |
| NOBODY | Who expects the Spanish Inquisition, according to Monty Python |
