| TOTEMISM | Use of natural things as emblems in a society |
| HIEROGRAM | Word, from "sacred writing" or "holy script", for a divine letter or revered symbol, from ankh, Om, ouroboros and Star of David to chi-rho or IHS emblem in a crypt (9) |
| NORMA | Was she left out of natural things? (5) |
| HARNESSES | Makes use of natural resources to produce energy (9) |
| ALGERIA | With 40-Across, royal emblems in North Africa? |
| TOTEMS | Natural objects, especially animals, adopted by native Americans as emblems of clans or of individuals |
| TYPIFY | Terrible pity for young leaders to serve as emblems (6) |
| PHYSICS | Simply from "nature" or "natural things", the science of energy and matter, including the dynamics of Saturn's rings, mechanics of springs and Q factor of pendulum swings (7) |
| PATRIARCHY | A system in which men have all or most of the power and importance in a society or group (10) |
| UPPERCRUST | The aristocracy or a higher stratum of people in a society (5,5) |
| ANIMISM | Belief that natural things and phenomena have a soul |
| TOTEM | An object, plant or animal assumed as emblem of a clan (5) |
| INDOLES | Sol inde in ordine apparuit: it’s a natural thing! |
| STATUS | The relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society (6) |
| CABINETMEMBER | In case, for one in a society, when serving under a prime minister (7,6) |
| ECONOMICS | The study of the way in which money, industry and trade are organised in a society (9) |
| ANOMIE | Lack of social standards in a society |
| SALTIRE | A heraldic emblem in the form of a St Andrew's cross (7) |
| SECULARISED | Reduced the influence of religion in (a society) (11) |
| ASIDES | Private comments from group of players in a society (6) |
