| INSENTIENCE | Inability to feel popular, with one imprisoned by court decision |
| ACQUAINT | Familiarise Bill and Mary with one imprisoned (8) |
| CACHET | Distinguishing mark of each criminal imprisoned by court (6) |
| CREPT | Commercial dealer imprisoned by court stole (5) |
| TRIVIAL | Worthless four imprisoned by court hearing |
| PERMISSIVE | Free girl, one imprisoned by sicko (10) |
| SKIING | One imprisoned by Southern ruler going downhill fast |
| LURID | Ghastly robbers' leader, one imprisoned by Law Lord |
| GONER | Doomed person - one imprisoned by King George |
| GRATIS | Free head of government, one imprisoned by tsar's system (6) |
| PIONEER | Trailblazer, one imprisoned by sanctimonious queen |
| NOISE | Loud shouting from one imprisoned by beak? |
| DAMAGE | One imprisoned by bad manager developed a cerebral problem - a 11ac (5,6) |
| BRAIN | One imprisoned by bad manager developed a cerebral problem - b 1ac (5,6) |
| OLIVIER | Actor, one imprisoned by Cromwell? (7) |
| UNIFIED | Centralised place where people study one imprisoned by agent (7) |
| DRACONIC | Harsh felon, one imprisoned by upstanding king, say (8) |
| DRAGOONED | Intimidated doctor, one imprisoned by a greatly admired man (9) |
| ANALGESIA | Distressed angel overwhelmed by continent's inability to feel pain (9) |
| INDONESIA | Ones imprisoned by country, Asian republic (9) |