| INQUEST | Type of judicial inquiry in England & Wales (7) |
| HEARING | Faculty of auditory perception; an audience; an opportunity to be listened to; or, a type of judicial investigation without a jury (7) |
| ALIBI | Type of judicial defence (5) |
| OUTSTAY | Last longer than being on strike before suspension of judicial proceedings (7) |
| SHERIFF | High ____ , the chief executive officer of the Crown in a county in England and Wales (7) |
| MIRANDA | - warning; US version of the "Right to Silence" in England and Wales (7) |
| ASSIZES | Until early 1970s, the periodical sittings of judges in England and Wales (7) |
| WILDCAT | It's extinct in England and Wales, this furious feline! (7) |
| TRIABLE | Worthy of judicial review |
| ALEVELS | Exams introduced in England and Wales in 1951 to replace the Higher School Certificate (1-6) |
| TIRING | Start of inquiry in Hertfordshire town is arduous (6) |
| POSIT | Advance shown by leader of inquiry in job (5) |
| BOILDOWN | Condense opening of inquiry in clearer font now under review (4,4) |
| FINDINGS | An artisan's tools and small articles for cobbling or jewellery-making; a conclusion of research; a verdict of judicial enquiry; or, buttons, zips and other such accessories (8) |
| CHILTERNS | An area of rolling chalk hills and woodlands where much of Midsomer Murders was filmed; one of the 38 AONBs in England and Wales (9) |
| ABBREVIATED | A pair of books judged to contain sources for extremely vital inquiry in short? (11) |
| COMMISSION | Major government probe such as the 1980s Fitzgerald Inquiry in Australia, Royal ... |
| MASK | Spymaster gets to make inquiry in disguise (4) |
| SHEARING | Fleecing customers ultimately leading to judicial inquiry |
| SESSIONAL | Pertaining to meetings of court or of judicial bodies (9) |
