| THEMIS | She oversaw justice in the novel Hard Times |
| JOSIAHBOUNDERBY | Business associate of Thomas Gradgrind in the novel Hard Times by Charles Dickens |
| DICKENS | Charles, author of the novel Hard Times (7) |
| JACKIEKENNEDY | First Lady who gave a 1962 TV tour of the White House after she oversaw its restoration: 2 wds. |
| CERES | She oversaw agriculture before entering civil service (5) |
| ODETTE | She oversaw tote with Edward (6) |
| JEDI | - Order; in the Star Wars universe, the guardians of the peace and justice in the Galactic Republic (4) |
| GRADGRIND | Thomas, central character in Charles Dickens's novel Hard Times (9) |
| COKETOWN | Fictional mill town in which 1854 Charles Dickens novel Hard Times is set (8) |
| DEEMSTER | Justice in the Isle of Man (8) |
| TANEY | Chief justice in the Dred Scott verdict |
| MYNAMEISEARLWARREN | 2000s sitcom redone with a chief justice in the title role? |
| EYEFORANEYE | An -----------illustrates retributive justice in the Bible (3,3,2,3) |
| RBG | Much-memed Justice in the twenty-tens, familiarly |
| NEWSPAPERS | Novel's hard to leave perhaps -- reviewed in the press? (10) |
| ASMUCH | The same Camus novel, hard to follow (2,4) |
| TAFT | Chief Justice in the 1920's |
| LYNCH | The surname of which JP, who dealt out rough justice in Virginia in the 1780s, became part of the language? (5) |
| WRIGHT | His 1940 novel questioned the possibility of justice in a racist society |
| BUTCHER | Klaus Barbie, known as the ... of Lyons for his crimes against humanity in WWII France, was finally brought to justice in 1983 |
