Answer:

guillotine

Answer	Crossword Clue
GUILLOTINE	Killer of Louis XVI.
GUILLOTINE	Dread device of 1700's
GUILLOTINE	Sydney Carton's choice

GUILLOTINE	Reign of Terror instrument
GUILLOTINE	Bourbon cutter?
GUILLOTINE	Apparatus named for a French physician
GUILLOTINE	"A Tale of Two Cities" ender?
GUILLOTINE	Decollate a la Charlotte Corday
GUILLOTINE	Old instrument for removing tonsils