| PRINCIPALSHIP | The main vessel for the state of being in charge of school (13) |
| HEADY | Potent person in charge of school over year (5) |
| HEADS | One side of the coin for those in charge of schools (5) |
| PRINCIPALS | The people in charge of schools or colleges (10) |
| HEADHUNT | Try to identify candidate to take charge of school? (8) |
| LONESTARSTATE | Nickname for the state of Texas (4,4,5) |
| ATOMICNUMBERS | First time doctor up to being in charge of anaesthetists, periodically tabled (6,7) |
| ONENESS | Word for unity or for the state of being in harmony with something (7) |
| UNION | Word, derived from the Latin for "one", for the state of being allied; the act of marriage or wedlock; a brotherhood or guild; or, agreement, concord or harmony in general (5) |
| PUBLICSERVANT | Person who works for the state (6,7) |
| ENLISTMENT | Otherwise listen to me in the mid-20s for the state of being recruited |
| LEADERSHIP | The activity of being in charge of a group |
| OVERSTATE | Make too much of being in charge of the nation (9) |
| AORTA | What is the main vessel in the body's arterial network? (5) |
| ANIMATION | Word for the state of being alive; or, the technique of giving life or spirit to still images, models or puppets (9) |
| PROSODIC | In favour of obnoxious local person being in charge of poetry readings in a manner of speaking (8) |
| LANDOFNOD | Humorous term for the state of being asleep (4,2,3) |
| TEDIUM | A crook diet with hesitation for the state of being wearisome |
| ICED | Practiced finally for the state of the Christmas cake (4) |
| DESERET | The Mormons' original name for the state of Utah, meaning "honeybee" (7) |
