| DEMOCRACY | Government of the people, by the people, for the people (9) |
| GETTYSBURGADDRESS | Speech that mentioned 'government of the people, by the people, for the people' (10,7) |
| PERISH | "Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not ___ from the Earth": Abraham Lincoln (6) |
| CITIZENRY | For the people by the people? (9) |
| FOURYEARS | How long for enough hearing aids for a couple of people, by the sound of it (4,5) |
| TAOISEACH | Name given to the head of government of the Republic of Ireland (9) |
| AGREEMENT | A wave involving people for the accord (9) |
| CONQUEROR | Someone who takes control of land or people by force (9) |
| MUTINYACT | Law regulating government of the army between 1689 and 1879 (6,3) |
| MENAGERIE | Travelling zoo attracting people by silver lake (9) |
| RACEHORSE | People by shore training fast runner (9) |
| BOOBYTRAP | Backward group of people by mistake concealed explosive device (5,4) |
| ESTHER | Persian queen, consort of Ahasuerus, who prevented the extermination of her people by the vizier Haman (6) |
| ESSAY | Booth's people, by the sound of it, showing endeavour (5) |
| NEEDLES | Irritated people by the urge to be guided by others (7) |
| TUAREG | Nomadic people of the Sahara desert, called the 'blue people' for the indigo-dyed clothes they wear |
| HAGUE | The _, seat of government of the Netherlands; location of the International Court of Justice (5) |
| THEM | Find some other people by the top boundary (4) |
| THEME | Other people, by the end, composed a brief essay (5) |
| USES | Employs we people by the late seventies |
