| DEMOCRACY | Form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people (9) |
| CORNWALL | Region or historic county of England forming part of a duchy vested in the Prince of Wales (8) |
| VETO | Right of preventing an enactment vested in the chief executive |
| MAJESTY | The supreme power to make jokes during May (7) |
| OLIGARCH | Name one of the rulers in a form of government in which the power is vested in a few (8) |
| OLIGARCHY | Form of government in which power rests with a small number of people (9) |
| THEOCRACY | Form of government in which possession of property is a requirement for holding political office (9) |
| JIANGQING | As a member of the Gang of Four, she was the most influential woman in the People's Republic of China (5,4) |
| REPUBLIC | Form of government in which the nation's leader is elected or self-appointed but the office isn't he |
| DEMOCRATIC | Pertaining to the form of government in which electoral power rests with the people |
| SCHWIMMER | David _, actor who played Robert Kardashian in The People vs OJ Simpson (9) |
| MONARCHY | Form of government in which a royal is the supreme ruler (8) |
| COMMONWEALTH | A form of government in which power rests with the people (12) |
| INGENERAL | As a rule, where Army authority is vested (2,7) |
| CROSSWAYS | Thwart Supreme Power, imprisoned after onset of coup (9) |
| TRIUMVIRI | Groups of three sharing supreme power (9) |
| DUOPOLY | Situation in which control of commodity in a market is vested in just two suppliers or producers (7) |
| INBETWEEN | Intermediate stake, tiny, in vested in pub (2- 7) |
| EPISCOPAL | Belonging to, or vested in, bishops (9) |
| PASSPORT | Power is vested in father's type, one admits |
