| DEVILSISLAND | Site of a penal colony here in French Guiana featured in Henri Charriere's memoir Papillon |
| FELONRY | Convict population of a penal colony |
| PAPILLON | What is the name of Henri Charriere's book about his imprisonment and escape from French Guiana? (8) |
| CAYENNE | A city in French Guiana - or a model of Porsche (7) |
| CHARRIERE | Henri, author of Papillon which details his escape from a French Guiana prison colony (9) |
| FRENCHGUIANA | Part of the European Union in South America, once home to a penal colony (6,6) |
| SYDNEY | Under the enlightened governorship of Lachlan Maquarie (early 19th century), it developed from a penal colony to a thriving town (6) |
| TASMANIA | Australian state (26,410 sq miles; pop about 530,000), founded as a penal colony in 1803 (8) |
| BRISBANE | Australian state capital (pop 2.5 million), founded as a penal colony in 1824 (8) |
| HOBART | Australian state capital (pop 200,000), founded as a penal colony in 1804 (6) |
| TRANSPORTATION | Patriot's rant on botched expulsion of offenders to a penal colony (14) |
| NORFOLK | Island in the Pacific Ocean which was a penal colony until 1855 (7) |
| ILEDUDIABLE | Which of the Safety Islands off the coast of French Guiana was a former French penal colony and is k |
| EXOFFICIO | Previously away, here in French capital of Ontario as a job perk (2,7) |
| ALPINE | I get put in a penal settlement in a very high place |
| GENETICIST | Mendel, perhaps, was the first French writer here in French street (10) |
| TRANSPORT | Send (convict) to a penal colony |
| ISLAND | Former penal colony off the coast of French Guiana (6,6) |
| DEVILS | Former penal colony off the coast of French Guiana (6,6) |
| ALEPINE | That is, a penal settlement in Syria to place for such a mixed fabric (7) |
