| GEO | Lead-in to politics or physics |
| BIGOTRY | Prejudice or intolerance, especially in religion, politics or race (7) |
| SLOGANS | Distinctive or topical phrases used in politics or advertising (7) |
| RESONANCE | From the Latin meaning "echo", sympathetic vibration in music or physics; plangency or sonority; or, by extension, something that evokes emotion or strikes a chord (9) |
| META | Lead-in to data or physics |
| CRISIS | An unstable period, especially one of extreme trouble or danger in politics or economics (6) |
| SLOGANEER | One who coins or often uses catchphrases, usually in the fields of politics or commerce (9) |
| UPHEAVAL | A strong, sudden or violent disturbance, as in politics or social conditions (8) |
| WHEELERDEALER | Schemer in politics or business |
| CLOUT | Influence; power of effective action, especially in politics or business |
| AGONISM | Theory that conflict is important to politics |
| APGOV | HS class related to politics |
| OPTICS | Public perceptions, as of politics or sports |
| LAW | Foundational rule in math or physics |
| FLOATINGVOTER | One's all at sea when it comes to politics (8,5) |
| HERBARY | Type of potager or physic garden devoted to culinary or medicinal plants such as borage, hyssop, lavender, lemon balm, marjoram, mint and tansy (7) |
| PARTICLE | Word with board or physics |
| SCI | Biology or physics, for example: Abbr. |
| SCIENCE | Such as biology or physics |
| SCIENTIST | One studying nature or physics, say |
