| SHORTSENTENCE | "He was jailed" for example, but not for long (5,8) |
| CAPONE | US gangster whose career ended when he was jailed for 11 years for tax fraud (6) |
| CHARLESMANSON | US cult leader who was jailed for life in 1971, and died in 2017 |
| EXCATHEDRA | Officially not hard to spell "Worcester," for example, but not finishing |
| KEY | F or G, for example, but not H |
| VERB | Reverberate, for example, but not much (4) |
| ARTIFICER | Shaw briefly a captain, for example, but not of this skilful soldier |
| SCIENCE | Chemistry, biology %26 physics, for example, but not intelligent design |
| TREE | Pine, for example, but not yearn |
| TONE | From A to B or C to D, for example (but not B to C) (4) |
| ONTHEGO | Very active in April for example but not the 1st of May - self-confidence needed (2,3,2) |
| FLASH | A shining example, but not for long |
| HANOI | Bank of ___ (institution the A-Team was jailed for robbing) |
| SEB | Corey Brent was jailed for killing ___ Franklin in Corrie (3) |
| SAM | SHE WAS JAILED FOR SHILOH'S MURDER (GH) |
| FLO | WAS JAILED FOR ADOPTION FRAUD (B&B) |
| PEAR | Fruit-tree — excellent example, but not large |
| LITTLE | The antithesis of great, huge or large - Bo-Peep, Lord Fauntleroy, Miss Muffet or Red Riding Hood for example, but ironically not John (6) |
| POETS | Burns bridges, for example (but extra capital is needed) |
| SPURGE | Weedy type provides incentive, for example, but that's rejected (6) |
