| EXOFFICIO | By virtue of one's position (2,7) |
| PERK | A benefit obtained by virtue of one's employment (informal) |
| ATTRIBUTE | Virtue of one-time payment made by conquered country? (9) |
| FAVOURITE | Possibly a virtue of one that's most liked (9) |
| RECKONING | An estimation of one's position at sea, counting the fatalities! (4,9) |
| DIRECTION | Inertia of ___ is that property of a body by virtue of which it is unable to change its direction of motion on its own (9) |
| ELDERSHIP | Position of one advanced to advisor by virtue of age (9) |
| TACKINESS | Tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar |
| PLUTOCRAT | Ruler by virtue of wealth |
| ADORKABLE | Charming by virtue of being awkward |
| IDIOTPLOT | Story kept in motion solely by virtue of the fact that everybody involved is a total moron |
| APOLOGIA | Latin term for a formal defence of one's position, such as that of John Henry Newman in 1864 (8) |
| EXOFF | Sign of something wrong in strong enemy's return as a result of one's position (2,3) |
| PULLRANK | Use the privileges of one's position (4,4) |
| BEARINGS | (Sense of) one's position or direction (8) |
| STATUS | Rank of one's position, on condition (6) |
| RANK | It smells strongly of one's position in society (4) |
| ONSOLIDGROUND | Sure of one's position when built on strong foundations (2,5,6) |
| DEAD | An estimation of one's position at sea, counting the fatalities! (4,9) |
| INERTIA | It is a property of a body by virtue of which it is unable to change its state of rest or of uniform motion itself (7) |
