| FINE | A penalty |
| MULCT | A penalty |
| AREA | A basement's light well; a penalty box in football; a geographic region; or, a field of study (4) |
| FAULT | A penalty in show jumping; or, a fracture in a rock formation (5) |
| SCONCE | Ornamental wall bracket for a candle, flaming torch or modern light; a penalty at Oxford University for breaching drinking etiquette; or, an earthwork defending a castle gate (6) |
| DEMERIT | A point given to a student as a penalty for bad behaviour (7) |
| HUFF | Word, imitative of a loud forcible exhalation/blow of air, for a fit of petty irritation; or, removal of an opponent's man as a penalty in checkers (4) |
| THEGRAVES | Article by poet Robert gets a penalty: a paper devil can't shock where there's no 11 without the Que |
| STRIKE | Pitch in baseball that a batter misses, incurring a penalty (6) |
| FORFEIT | Something lost or given up as a penalty for a fault, mistake, etc (7) |
| SINBIN | In rugby, what is the name of the box or bench where a player is sent to sit as a penalty for an offence? (3,3) |
| HANDBALL | Reason for a referee giving a penalty? |
| FINED | Issue a ticket as a penalty (5) |
| CONFINE | Lock up a criminal with a penalty to follow |
| UNREFINED | A Parisian engineer given a penalty for being crude (9) |
| NOFLAGONTHEPLAY | "There wasn't a penalty," from a football referee |
| HASTENING | Imposing a penalty, having dropped starter in a rush (9) |
| LOOPHOLE | Ambiguity or omission in a law by which one can avoid a penalty or responsibility (8) |
| CUTAFINEFIGURE | Make a good impression to lower a penalty amount (3,1,4,6) |
| SENTENCE | What is a penalty imposed by a court (8) |
