| GRAVAMINA | In law, the main reasons for complaint or accusation |
| TEASELLINGS | Are these the main reasons for afternoon business in cafe, increases in naps? (11) |
| FINGALSCAVE | The main reason for tourists to visit Staffa |
| GERM | Country finally rejecting any possible reason for complaint (4) |
| PRIMEMOVERS | The main reasons why an estate agent does good business? (5,6) |
| MORTMAIN | In law, the state or condition of property held inalienably by a corporation, derived from a word for 'dead hand' |
| PURVIEW | In law, the body of a statute, containing the enacting clauses |
| LIBEL | In law, the publication of defamatory matter in permanent form (5) |
| FREEHOLD | In law, the permanent and absolute tenure of land or property with freedom to dispose of it at will |
| INNOCENTPARTY | In law, the side which successfully obtained a divorce decree under the old system of matrimonial offence (8,5) |
| PERNANCY | In law, the taking into one's possession or receiving of rents, tithes, etc (8) |
| STANDI | In law, the right of an individual or entity to bring an action before a court (6) |
| LOCUS | In law, the right of an individual or entity to bring an action before a court (5) |
| LIEN | In law, the right to keep possession of property until the owner pays a debt (4) |
| IRON | The main reason blood tastes metallic |
| NAOMI | Mother-in-law the compiler grumbles about |
| MANSLAUGHTER | In law, the unlawful killing of a human without malice aforethought (12) |
| HEARING | In law, the presentation of a matter before a tribunal (7) |
| BARRATRY | In law, the offence of vexatiously persisting with lawsuits and quarrels (8) |
| ASSAULTANDBATTERY | In law, the threat of attack to another person followed by actual attack |
