| SHILLING | Bob and Sir Rowland in prison. Not half! (8) |
| SNIPING | Impugning small child (not half) in prison (not half) |
| METCALFE | Actor who played John Rowland in Desperate Housewives, Jesse ___ (8) |
| JESSE | First name of Mr Metcalfe who played John Rowland in Desperate Housewives in the 2000s and performed as Astronaut on The Masked Dancer in 2022 (5) |
| ICEPICK | Extensive work in prison not beginning for revolutionary's killer (3,4) |
| INIRONS | Criminal in prison, not silent when handcuffed (2,5) |
| JUDICIAL | Ring around Channel Islands after prison - not grand or appropriate for a court |
| HILLIARD | Limner at the courts of Elizabeth I and James I who also painted portrait miniatures of Mary, Queen of Scots, Sir Francis Drake and Sir Walter Raleigh (8) |
| HERSCHEL | Family of astronomers, Sir William, Caroline and Sir John (8) |
| BARONETS | Sir Samuel Cunard and Sir Henry Royce |
| MANDRAKE | Poisonous plant disposes of servant and Sir Francis (8) |
| RODERICK | & 6D 1875 novel by Henry James featuring the character Rowland Mallet (8,6) |
| CASTAWAY | Any one of the "shipwrecked" guests on BBC Radio 4's Desert island Discs whose past examples include Princess Margaret and Sir David Attenborough (8) |
| ORLANDO | Youngest son of Old Sir Rowland de Boys in Shakespeare's As You Like It (7) |
| HILL | Sir Rowland, originator of the penny postage (4) |
| HILLTOP | Summit introducing Sir Rowland to power? |
| GATE | Barrier in former London prison, not new (4) |
| TODATE | Prison not involved in questionable deportations until now |
| ANYPORTINASTORM | New Tory mantra: prison's not right place for those in trouble? (3,4,2,1,5) |
| EXCEL | Top part of converted prison not completed (5) |
