| LIBERATE | How they free a tree in Bali (8) |
| LIBERATORS | They free English artist stuck in Bristol, wrongly (10) |
| EMANCIPATORS | They free others from bondage (12) |
| UNBRIDLE | Set free a French wife held captive in Lima (8) |
| SHERIDAN | Dramatist seeing woman free a nationalist (8) |
| DISLODGE | Free a man returning to the masons (8) |
| RIDICULE | Derision is free - I solved clue (8) |
| DENPASAR | Right away, retreats boring nerd travelling in Bali (8) |
| TERRIBLE | Retire surprisingly to accommodate odd characters in Bali? Dreadful! (8) |
| LIBATION | Harry in Bali to drink (8) |
| CASTSOFF | Frees a boat from its moorings, rejects (5,3) |
| ALICANTE | In Bali - can text name of resort |
| SOCIABLE | Chummy CEOs cavorting in Bali |
| FORTYSIX | Casual synonym for President Biden, who met with world leaders in Bali this month to discuss the global economy |
| GAMEPLAN | Strategy of Pacific leader to stop one being hammered in Bali? (4,4) |
| RELEASE | An album, film, news item, song etc made available to the public; a setting free; a control mechanism on a camera's shutter; or, the opening of a steam engine's exhaust valve (7) |
| LUNCH | Dejeuner or tiffin that may be light, liquid, packed or for a ploughman, but apparently never free; a cricket break; or, a thick slice or hunk (5) |
| ASTRID | A way to free a girl |
| CATTLEGRID | Clubs introducing a non-drinking member free, a few bars restricting entry |
| HOUDINI | A world-famous escape artist set free a gutless Iraqi hound (7) |