| PROPAGANDA | The organised dissemination of information to assist or damage the cause of a government or movement (10) |
| EMISSARY | Person sent on a mission on behalf of a government or state (8) |
| DESTABILIZATION | Undermining of a government or economy (15) |
| NEWSAGENT | A factor in the dissemination of information (9) |
| BIOPSY | A medical examination of tissue from a living body under a microscope to determine the cause of a disease (6) |
| COUP | From "blow with the fist", word for a seizure of power from a government; or, any masterstroke or triumph (4) |
| GRANT | A sum of money provided by a government or public fund to finance educational study, overseas aid or building repairs (5) |
| LINNEANSOCIETYOFLONDON | Organisation for the study and dissemination of taxonomy and natural history founded in 1788, named after a Swedish naturalist |
| ABET | To assist or encourage, especially in crime or wrongdoing (4) |
| INQUEST | Inquiry by a coroner's court into the cause of a sudden or unexplained death (7) |
| WORDTOTHEWISE | Shrewd tip of information to Count getting a fair amount of heat from sage (4,2,3,4) |
| PETITIONS | Documents signed by a large number of people demanding action from a government or other authority (9) |
| LEVY | A tax or other fee imposed by a government or organisation (4) |
| CAMORRA | What is the name of the organised crime syndicate centred on Naples? (7) |
| UNCONSCIOUSNESS | State lacking any sense working to stop dissemination of union's success (15) |
| AGITPROP | Term for the dissemination of political ideas, originating in revolutionary Russia (8) |
| SUSTAIN | To assist or encourage (7) |
| PREGNANT | The cause of a three quarter of a year pause? (8) |
| BEACHBALLS | They may be the cause of a blow up on the shore (5,5) |
| NEUROSIS | No! I take ruses to be the cause of a severe disorder (8) |
