| POW | Colditz inmate (1,1,1) |
| POWDER | Colditz inmate maybe with the German explosive |
| POWWOW | Conference with Colditz inmate? Gosh! (6) |
| POWDERKEG | Explosive Colditz inmate placed above the German Kommandant's head say? |
| COL | Army officer in the Colditz story |
| OLD | Like those bygone days in Colditz |
| CHESS | 'Heading for Colditz', Nazi musical (5) |
| OFLAG | Old stone in Colditz, for example |
| POWER | Colditz prisoner, perhaps, with little hesitation, might |
| GUYHAMILTON | Director of the films The Colditz Story and Goldfinger (3,8) |
| POWWOWED | Had conference thrilled: first person to escape from Colditz? |
| WAGNER | see 19dn, US actor who played Flight Lieutenant Phil Carrington in the 1970s BBC TV series Colditz |
| GERMCELL | Room in Colditz lacking an early sign of life (4,4) |
| NEAVE | Airey, first British prisoner of war to escape from Colditz Castle in World War II (5) |
| LEIPZIG | Which city is closest to Colditz Castle, used as a POW camp during WWII? (7) |
| BADER | Douglas ---, World War II RAF fighter ace who was a prisoner of war in Colditz from 1942-45 (5) |
| DWELT | Stayed in middle of Colditz with English officer (5) |
| MCCALLUM | Surname of the recently-deceased Scots actor known for roles in 'NCIS' and 'Colditz' (8) |
| ROBERT | and 45dn, US actor who played Flight Lieutenant Phil Carrington in the 1970s BBC TV series Colditz |
| ZEK | USSR labour camp inmate (3) |
