| PAROLE | Conditional release of a prisoner |
| BAIL | Conditional release of a person awaiting trial (4) |
| RANSOM | Sum of money or other payment demanded for the release of a prisoner |
| SPRING | Good time of the year to procure the release of a prisoner |
| RANSOMS | Money demanded for the release of a prisoner (7) |
| GETONEFREE | Secure release of a prisoner in special offer (3,3,4) |
| PAR | Normal release of a prisoner? Not half (3) |
| POP | A fizzy drink aka "scoosh"; a sound of the release of a champagne cork; the Eton Society's nickname; a shot; a try; or, a bright patch of colour (3) |
| PULL | Word exclaimed to request the release of a clay pigeon from a trap; or, a phase of a swim stroke (4) |
| SOFTLAUNCH | The release of a new product or service to a restricted audience in advance of a full release (4,6) |
| ONLICENCE | Status of a prisoner given early release |
| SOLITARY | See 8D. Isolation of a prisoner in a separate cell as punishment (8,11) |
| CONFINEMENT | See 7D. Isolation of a prisoner in a separate cell as punishment (8,11) |
| PENDULUM | The _ _ _ _, short story by Edgar Allan Poe about the torture of a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition (3,3,3,8) |
| ANDTHE | The _ _ _ _, short story by Edgar Allan Poe about the torture of a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition (3,3,3,8) |
| PIT | The _ _ _ _, short story by Edgar Allan Poe about the torture of a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition (3,3,3,8) |
| THEPIT | ___ And The Pendulum, short story by Edgar Allan Poe about the torture of a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition (3,3) |
| JAILER | Custodian of a prisoner (6) |
| GALA | Celebration of a prisoner returning (4) |
| CAPTOR | Holder of a prisoner |
