| LEGISLATOR | Maker of laws |
| WALRUS | Moustached maker of laws involving Rugby Union |
| AWLS | Boring makers of laws (4) |
| CODE | Word originally for a collection or digest of laws, later a secret message or cryptogram cracked by means of a cipher; or, a system of signals such as Morse or Semaphore (4) |
| UPHOLDERS | Once second-hand furniture dealers or coverers of antique ottomans, baize doors, chairs and even coffin floors, today supporters of traditions or advocates of laws (9) |
| NOMOLOGY | Science of laws of the mind (8) |
| VAINNEWTON | Egotistical describer of laws of motion? |
| KEPLER | Discoverer of laws of planetary motion |
| ISAACNEWTON | Formulator of laws of motion (5,6) |
| CHILDLABOR | Topic of laws that are of minor concern |
| DRACO | His code of laws took a lot of executing (5) |
| MERCANTILELAW | Branch of law consisting of laws relating to trade and industry (10,3) |
| RURAL | Artist breaking 60% of laws of the country |
| ISAAC | Knighted natural philosopher, formulator of laws of motion, etc. (5,6) |
| NEWTON | Knighted natural philosopher, formulator of laws of motion, etc. (5,6) |
| HALACHAH | Totality of laws and ordinances of strict Judaism (Hebrew) (8) |
| LONDON | The University of ___ institute where Nelson Mandela studied for a Bachelor of Laws |
| DIGEST | Methodical summary of a body of laws (6) |
| HAMMURABI | Sixth ruler of Babylon's first dynasty, celebrated for his code of laws (9) |
| TALMUD | Source of laws cheers, lifts me up, didactic, first of all |
