Crossword puzzle clue "some whip wielders"

(short for) devolution, as in devo max, an arrangement in which a central government transfers the maximum amount of authority to a regional government while still retaining sovereignty over it

to strike with a whip

(tradename) a person who claims to live according to a philosophy based on that of the fictional Jedi in 'Star Wars'

to make orderly

ARCHER, someone who uses a bow and arrow

a shrub growing in damp woods and thickets, so called from the long, straight, slender shoots