| OBITERDICTUM | A passing comment, esp one by a judge nowadays |
| RULING | Authoritative decision, as one by a judge on a point of law (6) |
| OBITER | Sadly, I'm doubter about one court making a passing comment (6,6) |
| DICTUM | Sadly, I'm doubter about one court making a passing comment (6,6) |
| HOTMIC | It might pick up a passing comment |
| REMARK | A passing comment (6) |
| BERET | A green one is worn by a commando or a raspberry one by a prince |
| MOTOR | Engine esp. one powered by internal combustion; a car (5) |
| PULLET | A young hen esp. one less than a year old (6) |
| VISTA | A distant view of a wide area, esp. one that is pleasant to look at (5) |
| EPISTLE | A letter, esp one that is long, formal, or didactic. (7) |
| REPLICA | Exact copy, esp. one on a smaller scale (7) |
| RESORT | A place that is frequented for holidays esp. one near the sea (6) |
| TIRTHA | Sanskrit word for a pilgrimage, especially one by a river (6) |
| ACACIA | A cactus chopped in half, one by a shrub |
| BLACKEYE | A dark look given to one by a bruiser? (5,3) |
| LAGOON | Body of water cut off from a larger one by a reef |
| CROWNCOURT | In England and Wales, a place in which criminal cases are tried by a judge and jury rather than by a magistrate (5,5) |
| LEXICON | A dictionary, esp one of an ancient language such as Greek or Hebrew. (7) |
| BURSA | A pouch or sac, esp one containing viscid lubricating fluid at points of friction (5) |
