| LOYALTY | "___ to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul": Mark Twain (7) |
| OPINION | "Loyalty to petrified ___ never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul":Mark Twain (7) |
| FESTOON | A chain or garland of flowers hung in a curve as a decoration (7) |
| FEDERAL | Somehow freed a novice from central government (7) |
| ONDINE | According to Paracelsus, a water spirit that can obtain a human soul by bearing a child to a human husband (6) |
| PSYCHES | Human souls, minds or spirits (7) |
| TUG | A sudden forcible pull or wrench, such as that figuratively in love or war; a boat or plane for towing; a chain or rope for hauling; a horse's trace for draughting; or, any hard struggle (3) |
| FOBWATCH | A timepiece attached by a chain or ribbon to a waistcoat pocket (3,5) |
| PSYCHE | At church, note, a reformed spy is just a human soul |
| LINK | One of a series of loops forming a chain; or, a historical torch of pitch and tow used to light dark streets (4) |
| NUNCHAKU | In martial arts, a pair of hardwood sticks joined by a chain or cord and used as a weapon (8) |
| FETTER | A chain or manacle used to restrain a prisoner (6) |
| DAISY | Threaded by its stem to form a chain or garland, a "fresh" flower that covers its yellow disc in the evening and reveals it in the morning (5) |
| STRING | A chain or something to tie up with |
| MAIDEN | Never yet a winner with head on 5 (6) |
| HYENA | "In all my associations with hunters, travellers and naturalists, I have never yet been able to find one who would defend the ____" (Theodore Roosevelt) |
| SHE | Pronoun never yet used when referring to Saskatchewan premiers |
| ALIENS | Ones supposedly eligible for, but never yet seen in, the Miss Universe pageant |
| UNREFLECTED | "An ____ light did never yet / Dazzle the vision feminine" (Henry Taylor, Philip van Artevelde) |
| TETHERED | Tied by a chain or rope |
