| RULEOFLAW | Concept that people and governments are subordinate to legal process (4,2,3) |
| INVESTMENTBANKER | Financial expert and advisor to corporations and governments on how to raise capital and arrange mergers and pension funds (10,6) |
| INFANTRY | M en fighting with home supporter subject to legal process |
| EVICTS | Expel or eject without recourse to legal process (6) |
| UNANSWERED | Up in the air, as United Nations replied how most petitions to gods and governments go. (10) |
| DEMOCRACIES | Their governments are popular (11) |
| HERE | President Ramaphosa and his government are loudly proclaiming: "Climate change is ..." (4) |
| SACREDCOW | Concept that can't be criticized or questioned, metaphorically |
| OMBUDSMAN | Independent referee between citizens and government bodies (9) |
| JINSHINDO | Judge and government members back Oscar, showing some salutary manipulation? |
| OBSTINATE | Persistent stink rising and Government keeps cool (9) |
| ENABLETHE | No point in footwear allowing access to legal profession, according to Jack House (6-4,5,6,3,7,3,2,3,6,2,3,3) |
| GETCLOSER | No point in footwear allowing access to legal profession, according to Jack House (6-4,5,6,3,7,3,2,3,6,2,3,3) |
| WILLPOWER | Firmness of purpose is a testament to legal ability |
| LITIGATED | Worked out digit late - resorted to legal action (9) |
| BOUNDOVER | Jump ended but subjected to legal constraint (5,4) |
| AGREEMENT | Correspondence leading to legal contract (9) |
| DIVINERIGHT | --- --- of kings, the concept that the claim to rule derives from God and that monarchs are answerable to God alone (6,5) |
| PRESSAGENCY | An organisation that gathers, writes and distributes local and global news to newspapers, periodicals, broadcasters and government agencies (5,6) |
| NATION | May refer to a group of people who share a common territory and government (6) |
