| NOSTRA | US crime group, its early leader 'Lucky' Luciano got his job after the murder of his predecessor, th |
| VALERA | The Irish political party Sinn Fein was established a hundred years ago, Fianna Fail's Eamon de ... was one of its early leaders |
| LUCAN | Richard John Bingham, 7th Earl of ___, who disappeared in 1974 after the murder of the family's nanny (5) |
| DAUGHTER | The ___, crime thriller in which Richard III is exonerated of the murders of his nephews (8,2,4) |
| OJSIMPSON | Former American footballer acquitted of the murder of his wife in 1995 (1,1,7) |
| BLM | Protest movement in the news after the murder of George Floyd. (1,1,1) |
| ORESTES | In Greek mythology, the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, who killed his mother and her lover Aegisthus in revenge for their murder of his father |
| LINDBERGH | The kidnapping and murder of his son in 1932 overshadowed, for a time, his achievements as a record-breaking flier (9) |
| NERO | Roman emperor who was the stepson of his predecessor Claudius (4) |
| DAVIDFROST | Ford said TV broadcast the curse of his predecessor? (5,5) |
| ASHLEY | This Emmerdale village resident recently got his job back as vicar of St Mary's Church (6,6) |
| PACEMAKER | The beat of the heart is affected by this early leader (9) |
| SICILY | Gangster Charles 'Lucky' Luciano was deported from the US to this Mediterranean island in 1946 |
| ANNLEE | Early leader of the Shakers |
| PACESETTER | The early leader whatever the compiler says? (4-6) |
| POPE | Francis or one of his predecessors |
| REMISSION | Again having a job after the suspension (9) |
| SAL | Actual first name of Lucky Luciano |
| LANDMARK | Momentous event Luke initiated, as well as his predecessor |
| NAPOLEON | His predecessor was Louis XVI (8) |
