| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| ASPS | Cleopatra's executioners |
| AXE | Executioner's item |
| NOOSE | Executioner's loop |
| NOOSE | Executioner's rope |
| NOOSES | Executioners' devices |
| MAILER | "The Executioner's Song" novelist |
| MAILER | "The Executioner's Song" author |
| HANGTOUGH | Executioner's New Year resolution? |
| MAILER | "The Executioner's Song" Pulitzer winner |
| MAILER | "The Executioner's Song" author Norman |
| NORMANMAILER | "The Executioner's Song" Pulitzer winner, 1980 |
| carnificial | of or pertaining to butchers or executioners |
