| EYRE | Circuit court held by itinerant justices in medieval England who rode from county to county (4) |
| PADDYMCGUINNESS | Celebrity who rode from Wrexham to Glasgow on a Raleigh Chopper for 'Children in Need' (5,10) |
| MEN | None of the Supreme Court Justices in Barbie Land |
| LEON | Circuit court judge Johnson, who has pushed back the deadline in Clinton's disbarment case |
| TOWN | - criers; principal means of news communication in Medieval England (4) |
| COUP | Seizure of control in county to the north |
| BEDS | Small English county to which people may retire |
| NAILS | Brads or tacks whose designation by penny size in the US derives from the cost in pennies of 100 of such metal spikes in medieval England (5) |
| JUSTICEINEYRE | In medieval England, an itinerant judge riding the circuit (7,2,4) |
| CUPID | Armed boy in court, held by police force |
| DOVECOT | Culverhouse for pigeons and birds symbolising peace, often kept by manorial lords in medieval England (7) |
| STAPLE | The length of fibres in wool; a market in medieval England; or, a principal commodity, crop or food (6) |
| SPECTRE | Court held by peers drunk on spirit? (7) |
| VICTOR | Conquering hero is opposing court held by retiring French king (6) |
| ALE | Alcoholic drink popular in medieval England (and also modern England) |
| LONGBOW | Large powerful hand-drawn bow used in medieval England both for hunting and as a weapon of war (7) |
| MORRIS | Strategy board game that was popular in medieval England, Nine Men's ... |
| REEVE | In medieval England, a magistrate or other officer of the state (5) |
| SHORTCUT | Quicker way to stop circuit court imprisoning you in hearing |
| ROGER | Gregory, the first African-American judge appointed to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals |
