| CAGED | Composer died in prison |
| LISZT | In 1886, which composer died in Bayreuth, Germany, during the Wagner Festival there? (5) |
| VIVALDI | Venetian baroque composer, died in Vienna 1741 (7) |
| SPECTOR | Phil ___, songwriter and record producer who died in prison in 2021 after being convicted of murder (7) |
| CADGE | Bum died in prison |
| INEVERDID | In ecstasy, composer died - really! |
| BRIDGWATER | With a sentence incomplete, died in prison before finding old port |
| GOTTI | Mob boss John ___ died in prison 20 yrs ago (5) |
| NAVALNY | Russian opposition leader who died in prison, 16 February 2024 (6,7) |
| ALEXEI | Russian opposition leader who died in prison, 16 February 2024 (6,7) |
| LOCKEDUP | Completed after English philosopher John died in prison (6,2) |
| ADORNED | Decorated composer died outside party (7) |
| OVERDID | Old composer died - it's exaggerated (7) |
| PUCCINI | Italian opera composer, died 1924 (7) |
| SCOTTJOPLIN | US ragtime pianist and composer, died 1917 (5,6) |
| DUNSTABLE | English composer died with balance of mind disturbed? (9) |
| MANSON | Still in prison for orchestrating a series of gruesome murders in California in 1969. (6) |
| NINJA | Professional assassin in prison in Japan (5) |
| SCOFIELD | Prison design engineer in Prison Break |
| PLASTERDUMMY | It's crafted in prison movies to fool guards into thinking a prisoner's in bed, when he's actually e |
