| REPRIEVE | A suspension of a criminal sentence (8) |
| PLEA | ___ bargain (deal that can reduce a criminal sentence) |
| BLACKOUT | Word for amnesia or deliquium; the blinding of all light in a city or a theatre; a break in communication; media censorship; a power cut; or, the suspension of a broadcast (8) |
| EMULSION | Word for milky fluid made by crushing almonds in water originally, later a suspension of one liquid in another; or, household paint for ceilings/walls (8) |
| PROROGUE | A suspension of parliament, as attempted by Boris Johnson in 2019 (8) |
| WISHBONE | A fowl's forked furcula or "merrythought", named for a custom of two people pulling it apart in blithesome divination as a good luck charm; a divided spar; or, a V-shaped element in a suspension syste |
| ABEYANCE | Suspension of a Turk - an engineer (8) |
| ABANDONS | Leaves a suspension with teachers at Oxford (8) |
| OFFENDER | Person who hurts the feelings of a criminal? (8) |
| GANGSTER | Member of a criminal gang (8) |
| PHOTOFIT | Composite picture of a criminal suspect's face (8) |
| THUGGISH | Characterised by violent behaviour, especially of a criminal kind (8) |
| PARABOLA | Curve formed by a suspension bridge's main cable |
| SPEAKFOR | Witness perks of a criminal (5,3) |
| AMNESTY | Expression of surprise about retreat after a suspension of law |
| SEMICOLONS | They give a suspension of sentence, but only temporarily (10) |
| STAY | Sojourn; a suspension of judicial proceedings; or, a prop/support (4) |
| ARMISTICE | A truce or a suspension of hostilities (9) |
| AHANGINGOFFENCE | A suspension of barrier constitutes the worst of all crimes (1,7,7) |
| EMULSIFIER | An agent causing a suspension of one liquid in another |
