| MADETOMEASURE | A rule Placed fitting (4,2,7) |
| STANDINGORDER | A rule that applies to a place or group |
| REIGNOFTERROR | As a rule it is frightful |
| ZEROTOLERANCE | Uncompromising enforcement of a rule (4,9) |
| UNIVERSALTIME | Drunk as a rule, men visit this local in Greenwich? |
| PARKINSONSLAW | Gingerbread's on cabbage salad as a rule for workers |
| CENTRALEUROPE | Penny has a rule changed for the tug-of-war in the middle of the continent (7,6) |
| ASSAULTCOURSE | Scouts, as a rule, messed up part of basic training |
| STRETCHAPOINT | Bend a rule and lengthen rally on court? (7,1,5) |
| NORMALLY | Number: a thousand in a gathering as a rule (8) |
| HOUSERULE | A rule that applies to a place or group |
| ROUTINE | A rule that applies to a place or group |
| RULESANDREGULATIONS | A rule that applies to a place or group |
| CANON | A clergyman, as a rule |
| PETER | ? safe leader, say, rising to a height of incompetence, as a rule (5,9) |
| INTHEMAIN | Where a fathom's used as a rule? (2,3,4) |
| DICTATORSHIP | I drop a stitch clumsily: it's harsh, as a rule |
| CANNON | It was mounted on a carriage as a rule, we're told |
| BYLAW | A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs. |
| PLEASUREPRINCIPLE | A good time for those motivated by this, as a rule? |
