| CALVARY | Site of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ (7) |
| GOLGOTHA | Scene of the crucifixion of Christ (8) |
| RENI | Painter of the "Crucifixion of St. Peter" in the Vatican |
| PONTIUS | Roman procurator of Judaea who authorised the crucifixion of Jesus (7,6) |
| PILATE | Roman procurator of Judaea who authorised the crucifixion of Jesus (7,6) |
| MARYMAGDALENE | Jewish woman who witnessed the crucifixion of Jesus |
| MDL | Year that Michelangelo's "The Crucifixion of St. Peter" was completed |
| NAIL | From the ulna I laser comes proof of the crucifixion. (4) |
| STAINER | Painter who produced "The Crucifixion" (7) |
| JUDEA | Roman province, governed by Pontius Pilate at the time of the Crucifixion (5) |
| BARABBAS | Criminal released by Pilate in Biblical accounts of the Crucifixion (8) |
| TIEPOLO | "The Crucifixion" painter |
| ARIMATHEA | Joseph of - - -, in the New Testament a wealthy Jewish man who buried the body of Jesus Christ after the crucifixion (9) |
| WANDERINGJEW | Figure of Christian folklore condemned to walk the Earth until the Second Coming for taunting Jesus on the way to the Crucifixion |
| HOLYSEPULCHRE | In the New Testament, the tomb in which the body of Christ was laid after the Crucifixion (4,9) |
| PONTIUSPILATE | Roman procurator of Judaea who ordered the crucifixion of "22 Across" (7,6) |
| PIETA | A representation of Mary in sculpture or painting grieving over the body of Jesus after the crucifixion |
| CYRENE | Simon of _ _ _ _ _ _ , man compelled to carry the cross of Jesus before the crucifixion (6) |
| HOLLY | Once used by boys and men of Tenby, Wales, to whip unsuspecting girls on Boxing Day in a courting ritual of "holming", a plant with prickly leaves evocative of Christ's crown of thorns at the Crucifix |
| STIGMATA | Marks on the hands, wrists and feet resembling the crucifixion wounds of Jesus Christ (8) |
