| HILARY | Named after a French bishop, the spring term of the courts of England and Wales and the courts of Ireland as well as the universities of Oxford and of Dublin (6) |
| RICHARDPOSNER | Author of "Breaking the Deadlock: The 2000 Election, the Constitution and the Courts" |
| UNBENDING | A French bishop before close is inflexible (9) |
| GAVIN | Sitcom based between Essex and Wales, ----- & Stacey (5) |
| CHANCERY | Division of the courts of justice (8) |
| HUMIDIFIER | Hydrogen and blend of iridium and iron? It makes air damp (10) |
| OSMIUM | Neighbor of iridium on the periodic table |
| HEAVYMETAL | Large guns made of iridium? (5,5) |
| CLARENCE | - House; the official London residence of the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall (8) |
| SYDNEY | Capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia, site of the bridge nicknamed the |
| ROLLS | Master of the ____, the head of the civil division of the Court of Appeal |
| BAILEY | The Old ____ , the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales in London (6) |
| SARAHJMAAS | Best-selling author of the "Court of Thorns and Roses" and "Throne of Glass" "romantasy" series: 3 wds. |
| COGNITION | The symbolic, or top-down, approach in AI research seeks to replicate intelligence by analyzing _________ independent of the biological structure of the brain, in terms of the processing of symbols (9 |
| ASSIZE | Courts of ____ heard major cases in England and Wales until they were replaced by the 1971 Courts Act |
| HILLIARD | Nicholas -; limner and portrait miniaturist at the courts of Elizabeth I and James I (8) |
| TRINITY | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ term, the third and final term of the academic year at some universities (7) |
| OLDBAILEY | Common name of London's Central Criminal Court of England and Wales (3,6) |
| HOLBEIN | Who is known for his realistic portraits of the court of King Henry VIII of England? |
| ECHO | "In the Courts of the Conqueror" author Walter R. ___-Hawk |