| LAYINTO | First of laws, a negative principle to beat |
| CODE | Body or digest of laws; a cipher; or, a system of signals (4) |
| YIN | Negative principle |
| DOCK | Enclosure in a court of law, a ships' mooring and a weed |
| LACI | Mosley featured in "The Out-Laws," a new action comedy that will debut on Netflix tomorrow; in it, 12-Across believes that his new in-laws are in fact a team of bank robbers |
| WHIP | In medieval law, a piece of property or a stray falling to the lord of the manor if unclaimed; later, a street urchin; or, a person of thin build (4) |
| APRIORI | Logic making a deduction from a general principle to a specific instance (1,6) |
| RATIONALE | Logical principle to make a restricted allocation of beer! (9) |
| ADOPTION | Support a party having some principle to accept a nationalist (8) |
| KEYSTONE | Uncertain yes/no taken to show lack of an essential principle to build on (8) |
| MAXIMA | The greatest numbers will provide a guiding principle to the first letter (6) |
| AESTHETICS | A set of principles to do with the nature and appreciation of beauty |
| PRECEPT | A principle to be discerned in group receptions (7) |
| OTTO | Possibly a German principle to depose leader (4) |
| CAUSEWAY | Raised road as matter of principle to consider in hearing |
| AUTONOMY | Opposition of one law,rule or principle to another (8) |
| IDEAL | A principle to be aimed at (5) |
| ANTINOMY | Opposition of one law,rule or principle to another (8) |
| ELEMENT | The first principle to glow in the fire? (7) |
| MEMORANDUM | A note to assist recall; or, in law, a summary of the terms of a contract or transaction (10) |
