| CLOUT | Authority or power (5) |
| PATRIA | A Roman father's authority or power: ____ potestas |
| SUPREME | Greatest in status, authority or power (7) |
| VEST | To clothe as with authority or power |
| CLEMENCY | Lenience in the exercise of authority or power (8) |
| REMIT | Area of authority or responsibility of an individual or group (5) |
| POWER | The rate of doing work; electrical energy; or, according to Lord Acton, authority or control that "corrupts" (5) |
| DONOR | College authority or benefactor (5) |
| BADGE | Uniform symbol denoting authority or rank |
| SAYSO | Authority or rumour (3-2) |
| FLYINGBLIND | Saying or doing something without authority or instruction (6,5) |
| CARTEBLANCHE | Complete authority or discretion to act (5,7) |
| ARCN | (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office. |
| ARCH | (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office. |
| CACHET | French word for a private seal affixed to a document or letter also used to describe something with authority or prestige (6) |
| PRELATE | A cleric of high rank and authority or the superior of a religious house or order (7) |
| TOPBRASS | Informal term, thought to derive from gold oak leaves decorating senior officers' caps, for those in authority or of high military rank (3,5) |
| ASCENDANT | In the ___: showing an increase in power, domination, authority or wealth (9) |
| OFFICERS | Bailiffs, bobbies, bureaucrats, commissioned soldiers, dignitaries, public servants or other individuals charged with authority or duty (8) |
| VESTMENT | A garment or robe, especially denoting office, authority or rank (8) |
