| IMPALER | Vlad The ___ , military governor of Wallachia noted for his unusually cruel punishments (7) |
| SHOGUNS | Military governors of old Japan |
| DRACULA | Stoker based this fictional vampire character on the Wallachian prince, Vlad the Impaler |
| DESPOTS | Ivan the Terrible, Vlad the Impaler, et al. |
| SPLASHY | Ostentatious agent receiving cruel punishment (7) |
| HANDOFF | NFL play is cruel punishment. (4,3) |
| ROMANIA | Wallachia and Moldavia, today |
| VLAD | Name of three rulers of the historical European region of Wallachia (4) |
| GAGE | Thomas -, English soldier who became military governor of Montreal in 1760 (4) |
| KEELHAULING | Man on board hoarding number of long fish caught? Cruel punishment for him (11) |
| IASI | Capital of the historical province of Moldavia (1565-1859), which united with Wallachia to form Romania (4) |
| SHOGUN | Their leader leaves wedding of old Japanese military governor (6) |
| ATHICKEAR | Consequence of cruel punishment at cage-free chicken farm (1,5,3) |
| LECTURES | Unusually cruel set of criticisms |
| VLADTHEIMPALER | 1450s dictator of Wallachia who inspired Stoker's Dracula |
| MOLDAVIA | The United Principalities of ____ and Wallachia became Romania in 1866 |
| GENERALGAGE | British military governor in the American Revolution |
| DESPOT | Ming the Merciless or Vlad the Impaler |
| BASTINADO | Obtain sad version of cruel punishment (9) |
| ROMANIAN | Say, Vlad the Impaler, Emperor Caesar and writer Fleming (8) |
