| BREAKOUTINARASH | Has a bad reaction to escape from prison up north that's initially audacious and reckless (5,3,2,1,4) |
| TEMAZEPAM | A temp carelessly rings old prison up north for sleepy prescriptive drug (9) |
| BREAK | Chance to escape from prison (5) |
| SPRANG | Confessed about pair helped to escape from prison |
| ALLERGIC | Having a bad reaction (to pollen, wheat etc) (8) |
| COMEOUTINSPOTS | Partly reveal one's sexuality and get a bad reaction |
| LOANSHOCK | Bad reaction to a very high interest rate? |
| ALLERGEN | Whole green bananas can cause a bad reaction (8) |
| ALLERGY | It causes a bad reaction (7) |
| GOOSEBUMPS | Peg so, so angry about bad reaction to stress (5,5) |
| HAYFEVER | Bad reaction to bloomers in comic play |
| GOOVERTHEWALL | Escape from prison, perhaps, or what answers to asterisked clues must do (2,4,3,4) |
| DEVILMAYCARE | Audacious and novel way to commemorate centenary |
| BRUNEL | Cigar-smoking top hat-wearing visionary Victorian genius whose transformation of bridge building, railways and steamship design left an enduring legacy of audacious and often pioneering engineering fe |
| AMRITSAR | A blemish outside prison up in Indian city |
| BREAKOUT | Arise suddenly and escape from prison (5,3) |
| TEARAWAY | Wild and reckless but easy to gain access to (8) |
| MCCARTHY | US Republican politician, 1908-1957, whose name is a byword for bullying and reckless accusations (8) |
| BOLDEST | Most audacious and better than the rest — mature within |
| STIRRUP | Ringleader in prison up needing support for foot (7) |
