| PRESBYTERIAN | Of a Protestant Church with a system of government by elders (12) |
| MORAVIANS | Members of a Protestant Church originating in 1772 as a revival of the Bohemian Brethren |
| BAPTISTS | Members of a Protestant church who believe in immersion as part of a religious ceremony (8) |
| WELFARESTATE | Shred a few letters about a system of government (7,5) |
| GERONTOCRACY | Rule by elders |
| PLUTOCRACY | What do we call a system of government by the wealthy? (10) |
| JACUZZI | A bath with a system of underwater jets to massage the body (7) |
| OLIGARCHY | Political system of government by a few people (9) |
| PRESBYTERIANS | Members of the reformed Protestant church governed by elders (13) |
| REGIME | From Latin for "govern" or "rule", a word for a system of government or administration; a programme of diet and exercise for the promotion of health; or, any methodical routine (6) |
| ABSEIL | In rappelling, mountaineering, climbing or speleology, to descend a rock face/cliff with a system of ropes and anchors (6) |
| PLUMB | To fit or deal with a system of pipes in a building for gas, water and drainage (5) |
| ORANGEMAN | In Northern Ireland, a member of a Protestant fraternal lodge; historically, a follower of William III (9) |
| METHODIST | A member of a Protestant Christian denomination that derives from John Wesley's system of faith and practice (9) |
| NOTATION | People had to come back in with a system of syllables (8) |
| NONCONFORMISTS | Members of a Protestant body separated from the Church of England (14) |
| CORPORATESTATE | System of government by industrial and trade representatives |
| POLITY | A body of people organised under a system of government (6) |
| REGIMEN | A system of government; or, a course of treatment combining diet, exercise, medication etc (7) |
| MATRIARCHY | A system of government ruled by a woman or women (10) |
