| ABSCONDED | Get out of the way, having escaped from legal action (9) |
| SUITCASE | Baggage resulting from legal action after legal action (8) |
| LAWN | Closely mowed grass from legal action, to a point |
| LAWSUIT | Spooner's observed plunder from legal action (7) |
| VANGUARDS | They lead the way, having switched parts in guard's van (9) |
| INNOCENCE | The harmlessness of freedom from legal guilt (9) |
| APATHETIC | Indifferent in a way, having heartless set of values (9) |
| LAWCOURTS | Criminal crawls out from legal proceedings here? |
| EQUALISED | I squealed in an excited way, having got even |
| SUEORDERS | Demands from legal clients? |
| ATLIBERTY | One bitterly aggravated having escaped (2,7) |
| LOOSE | Having escaped from the backyard, as a dog |
| INDUCEMENTS | I name Mussolini with chaps over the way having incentives (11) |
| INDWELT | Twin led the way, having existed inside (7) |
| AGUE | A guest loses the way having shivering fit (4) |
| SERBIA | Where I got to, having escaped from Siberia (6) |
| ATLARGE | Free, especially having escaped from prison (2,5) |
| QUIBBLE | From legal nuance to pun or paronomasia, today's meaning of the word ranges from carp and cavil triflingly to nit-pick to the point of absurdity (7) |
| ONTHELOOSE | Having escaped from prison |
| RESCUE | Forceful removal of another from legal custody (6) |
