| BUYIN | Agreement with, or acceptance of, a policy or suggestion (3-2) |
| PUSHES | Promotes the use, sale, or acceptance of (6) |
| KEYSTONE | Central principle or part of a policy or system (8) |
| IDEAS | Thoughts or suggestions as to a possible course of action (5) |
| UTURN | Complete reversal of policy or thinking (1-4) |
| MORAL | "Honesty is the best policy" or "Look before you leap" |
| HINTS | Slight indications or suggestions |
| INPUT | Ideas or suggestions |
| PUSHBACK | Resist a policy or regulation, and a hint to the theme of this puzzle |
| TURNABOUT | A change of mind; a reversal in policy or course of action; or, a physical 180 degrees rotation (9) |
| OPENDOOR | A policy or practice by which a nation grants opportunities for trade to all other nations equally (4,4) |
| HARDLINER | One adhering strictly to a policy or principle |
| ENTRYISM | The policy or practice of members of a particular political group joining an existing political party with the intention of changing its principles and policies |
| ADHERENT | A supporter of a party, policy or set of ideas (8) |
| BRINKMANSHIP | Act of going to the very edge of war, in pursuit of a policy (12) |
| RIGHTO | Informal expression of agreement or acceptance (6) |
| LOOSEN | Slacken when Len's arranged acceptance of a pair of spectacles |
| NOPROBLEM | Casual acceptance of a request (2,7) |
| MANIFESTO | A public declaration of intent, policy, or aims, as issued by a political party (9) |
| OKAY | Exclamation used to express agreement or acceptance (4) |
