| TYNWALD | Man is governed by this oddly trying law rejected by many |
| DOGMA | Belief in Supreme Being rejected by many atheists initially |
| ALL | Everyone is governed by martial law (3) |
| LOTTERY | Something whose success is governed by chance (7) |
| EMIRATE | A territory that is governed by an independent Muslim ruler (7) |
| WALKOVER | Law rejected by king having finished with easy victory (8) |
| WALLSTREET | Law rejected by devious letters in America's financial hub (4,6) |
| WALRUS | 'Marine life law rejected by RSPC leader' - The Guardian (6) |
| CURIA | ___ Romana, papal court at the Vatican by which the Roman Catholic Church is governed, organised in its modern form by Pope Sixtus V (5) |
| EGEUS | Father in 12, for example, to go to law, rejected (5) |
| COPOUT | Officer of the law rejected loophole (3-3) |
| SEAT | The place from which a country is governed |
| ISLE | Area of land is governed after Democrat steps down |
| BODYPOLITIC | Who is governed? All involved in bodily topic! (4,7) |
| TISANE | Infusion all there is after this, oddly |
| TIGRESS | Amazon's exit initially barred after this, oddly |
| ATTRITION | Grinding rock into art with this, oddly (9) |
| INITIATIVE | Island dweller dresses in this, oddly, showing enterprise (10) |
| TUTTI | Everybody in orchestra trusts this, oddly (5) |
| THETREEOFLIFE | 2011's Palme went to this oddly structured Brad Pitt movie |
