| LEXEME | Basic language of Roman law used by English author |
| CLAN | The basic language of this tribe |
| DIGEST | Compact journal or magazine consisting of abridged news articles, literary extracts etc; or, the Justinian compendium of Roman law, also called the Pandects (6) |
| JAVA | A simple, but not basic, language of Indonesia (4) |
| NORMAL | Form of Roman law, not a western standard (6) |
| ADES | Second half of Chopin piano pieces used by English composer |
| ELEMENTAL | The Spanish used by English chaps to speak, mostly basic (9) |
| PINCENEZ | Lenses long used by English in New Zealand, including foremost of contacts |
| OLDBILL | Outdated proposal of law used for the Met? |
| HTML | A lot of Hamlet is really basic language (4) |
| NOUCAMP | The transposed name of Barcelona FC's home ground - often used by English speakers (3,4) |
| EIRE | Country with no time for flag used by English (4) |
| DIOCESE | Wrong code is used by English administrative area |
| TERMITE | Italian word first used by English for white ant |
| EDEN | Study used by English prime minister in the past |
| LONGBOWS | Powerful weapons used by English archers in the Middle Ages (8) |
| VINE | Pseudonym used by English crime writer Ruth Rendell, Barbara _ (4) |
| RICO | Law used to fight organized crime, acronymically |
| RIOTACT | South American town understanding law used to control protesters (4,3) |
| PRIVYSEAL | It was originally used by English and Scottish monarchs to authenticate their personal documents (5,4) |