| EMPIRIC | Prime assembly in charge, based on observation (7) |
| IMPERIOUS | Prime assembly promises to be high-handed (9) |
| ADFEE | Charge based on line count, perhaps |
| POUNDAGE | Charge based on sterling value (8) |
| SPEAKER | He or she normally keeps everyone in the political assembly, in order (7) |
| GIRONDE | Losing right of ordering assembly in French department (7) |
| ZEMSTVO | District and provincial assembly in Russia from 1864 to 1917 (7) |
| SENATOR | Member of the upper assembly in the US (7) |
| CLINICAL | Close in on perverted laic based on observation (8) |
| EMPIRICAL | Setter's in prime, maybe about 50, based on observation (9) |
| DIETING | Legislative assembly in German capital reducing consumption |
| UNSEWED | Awaiting assembly, in a way |
| SCIENTIFIC | Based on observation, one needs to change cents if here in France |
| ISPY | Children's guessing game based on observation - it's often played on long trips to pass the time (1, |
| EXPERIENTIAL | Based on observation and empirical knowledge |
| WATCHINGBRIEF | Instruction to keep an eye on observation, in short (8,5) |
| REICHSTAG | Assembly in Berlin in case right is challenged (9) |
| ECCLESIA | ... in case lice affected political assembly in ancient Greece (8) |
| UNVOTE | Follower of debate in the General Assembly, in brief |
| AGORA | The marketplace in Athens, or place of assembly in ancient Greece (5) |
