| PLEABARGAIN | Adjust parable - bring in shorter sentence perhaps (4,7) |
| TERSE | Using few words in shorter sentence (5) |
| THIRDPERSON | She perhaps is in shorter novel about the origins of diverse peoples |
| PUTSASTOPTO | Finishes ___ a sentence, perhaps (4,1,4,2) |
| ERSE | Language expressed in shorter sentences (4) |
| PHI | Letter to Greeks in Shorter Collins (3) |
| SCARCER | In shorter supply, such air's clear, oddly (7) |
| NORTHERNLIGHTS | See these in shorter night, possibly over Holland? (8,6) |
| MAGI | Astrologers seen in shorter spells? (4) |
| PLED | Admitted guilt in order to receive a lighter sentence perhaps |
| PUNISH | Witticism, to an extent, in sentence, perhaps (6) |
| ESCAPER | One who doesn't finish a sentence, perhaps |
| EDITED | Reduced a sentence, perhaps |
| EDIT | Reduce one's sentence, perhaps |
| SWORDS | Weaponry ___ evidence of possession leads to sentence perhaps (6) |
| ONETIME | A single sentence, perhaps, from the past |
| LAWBREAKER | Offender's difficult sentence perhaps left for judge |
| PENALTY | Sentence perhaps key, last of many by writer (7) |
| TIME | Prison sentence, perhaps? (4) |
| SEMICOLON | Mark of a long sentence, perhaps |
