| NONRESISTANCE | Ronnie's strange attitude, a policy of passive obedience? (3-10) |
| SATYAGRAHA | Mahatma Gandhi's policy of passive resistance to British rule in India (10) |
| SAMURAI | Historic warrior — one with a strange attitude seems initially to retreat |
| ODDITY | A strange attitude or habit (6) |
| SHE | Maiden rejected by flood survivor - the one demanding obedience? |
| DRESSAGE | In equestrianism, which event tests the horse's obedience? (8) |
| MUTINIED | Failed in Christian obedience? |
| MINIMALIST | One who advocates a policy of the least possible action or intervention (10) |
| STANCE | Attitude a driver may take, of course |
| AFFECTIVE | Referring to attitude, a couple of fellows point civet out (9) |
| GREENING | Making verdant or becoming ecofriendly; a Granny Smith-coloured apple; a policy of introducing foliage, parks, vegetation and verdure into urban areas; or, rejuvenation (8) |
| IMPERIALISM | Jeopardize one's morality, primarily by embracing a policy of assertive expansion |
| OPENDOOR | Describing a policy of unrestricted admission or immigration (4-4) |
| NATIVIST | One supporting a policy of protecting indigenous culture from external influences (8) |
| AUSTERITY | A policy of deficit-cutting, requiring lower spending, higher taxes, or both (9) |
| LAISSEZFAIRE | Let sleeping dogs lie as a policy of the French? (7-5) |
| GENTLEBENIN | West African nation with a policy of benevolence? |
| GLASNOSTION | Relating to a policy of Mikhail Gorbachev (11) |
| CRACKDOWN | Drug supply reduced by a policy of suppression |
| EXPANSIONIST | Advocating a policy of territorial enlargement (12) |
