| PERSON | That of a humble worker taking in the Royal Society? |
| INELEGANT | Unrefined modern worker taking in the Spanish, say |
| OFFICERS | Those in charge of a bureau at the Royal Society? |
| REMUS | Twin bird in the Royal Society (5) |
| ALSO | ... and likewise in the Royal Society (4) |
| PEONY | One planted by a humble worker at the very end? (5) |
| PLEASANTRY | Old agricultural workers taking in Liberal leader's inconsequential remark |
| ROBERT | Forename of either the polymath discoverer of the law of elasticity, the inventor of the Bunsen burner or the Royal Society co-founder regarded as the first modern chemist (6) |
| SILVA | From the Latin meaning "wood", the assemblage of trees in a given area; or, the truncated title of John Evelyn's forestry discourse presented to the Royal Society in 1662 (5) |
| SYLVA | From the Latin meaning "wood", the assemblage of trees in a given area; or, the truncated title of John Evelyn's forestry discourse presented to the Royal Society in 1662 (5) |
| PERCEIVE | "My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to ___ with our frail and feeble mind." -Albert Einstein |
| MEEK | Description of a humble one (The bible says he'll inherit the earth) |
| SUPPLIANT | One comes in to take the place of a humble petitioner (9) |
| INCOGNITO | Humble worker in pub, taking it over under a false name |
| DAWKINS | Biologist, fellow of the Royal Society and author of books including The Blind Watchmaker, Unweaving the Rainbow and The Magic of Reality (7) |
| FELLOW | A confrere of a learned association such as the Royal Society; a chap; one's compeer; or, one of a pair (6) |
| SERFDOM | Low state of a humble man with a Church title |
| BUNGALOW | Block in front of a humble dwelling (8) |
| CLOWNS | Circus entertainers of a humble sort put in scenes at intervals (6) |
| ORRERY | Clockwork model of the solar system named after the title of Fellow of the Royal Society Charles Boer (6) |
