| ASLAPONTHEWRIST | Earl breaks criminal law ___ that's prison (or something less harsh) (1,4,2,3,5) |
| REIGN | Sovereignty, or something less than sovereignty (5) |
| BARLINNIE | Drink dispenser left pub - that's prison (9) |
| MAFIA | FA aim to break criminal group (5) |
| DETENTIONCENTRE | Prison: or quite literally, the very end of prison? (9,6) |
| ANNALISEKEATING | Criminal-law professor at TV's Middleton University |
| NEUTRALLY | In an inoffensive way, Earl breaks up crazy gathering |
| CLOTHESPEG | Actor Earl breaks shoe in on-line clip? |
| JIG | The note of the nightingale; a prison or jail; a glass, tankard or Toby of beer; an instrument forming part of a skiffle band; or, a spouted vessel, such as a boat, ewer or pitcher (3) |
| TONEDOWN | Make less harsh in sound or colour (4,4) |
| IMPEACH | In criminal law, to bring a charge or accusation against (7) |
| EASING | The act of making something less severe or serious. (6) |
| CHAPLAIN | A member of the clergy who works in a hospital, prison or school or in the armed forces (8) |
| CELL | A room in a prison or jail for one or more inmates. The basic unit of a living organism. |
| COMMITTAL | Handing over someone to a prison or mental institution (9) |
| INMATE | Someone living in a prison or hospital (6) |
| GIVENTIME | Either sent to prison or allowed breathing-space (5,4) |
| STRETCH | It's either prison or put on the rack (7) |
| INMATES | People who are confined to an institution such as a prison or hospital (7) |
| HEADSDOWN | Either sentences to prison or extras to Australia? (5,4) |
