| LARGERTHANLIFE | Extended prison sentence for being flamboyant (6,4,4) |
| OVERTHETOP | Public house opening with poet abused for being flamboyant (4-3-3) |
| OUTSTRETCHED | Extended prison term in exposed environment? (12) |
| OUTRE | Unreserved about being flamboyant (5) |
| FIRMCONVICTION | Article of faith may be a sentence for the company? (4,10) |
| CHELSEAMANNING | Transgender whistleblower whose 35-year sentence for espionage was commuted by President Obama in 2017 |
| LYREBIRD | Rely foolishly on prison sentence for Australian native |
| TIME | Prison sentence for the enemy? |
| NONCE | One serving prison sentence for now |
| SONGBIRD | Lied, say, before prison sentence - for a lark, possibly? |
| BLACKBIRD | Threatening prison sentence for slave on ship |
| AIRTIME | Open up on prison sentence for a chance to be heard (7) |
| LIFEBUOY | Sentence for young man seizing youth centre float (4,4) |
| CAPITALLETTER | Beginning of sentence for excellent landlord (7,6) |
| EWER | Jug four, cancelling first part of sentence for a start |
| ALIGN | Arrange a sentence for the audience |
| CAPITAL | Death sentence for Wellingtonians? (7,10) (see 1A) |
| PUNISHMENT | Death sentence for Wellingtonians? (7,10) (see 9A) |
| PRIMETIME | Prepare sentence for when the audience is best (5,4) |
| SPOTLESS | Completely clean of drugs after first sentence for smaller amount (8) |