| CONJUGAL | Marriage of prisoner by prison wall, on the inside (8) |
| DALADIER | The French premier who was held prisoner by the Vichy government (8) |
| ESPALIER | A row of fruit trees, ornamentals or vines trained to grow flat against a wall on a trellis of the same name (8) |
| GERONIMO | Apache leader held prisoner by the US government until he died, aged 79, in 1909 (8) |
| SPARAPET | Medieval Armenian commander-in-chief on small wall on a bridge (8) |
| COMEDIAN | The same old turns covered by prison entertainer (8) |
| BLUEBIRD | Singer gets depressed by prison term (8) |
| ALLEYWAY | A narrow passage with buildings or walls on each side (8) |
| CONSERVE | Take care of prisoner needing additional help (8) |
| INTIMATE | Close friend of prisoner hiding note (8) |
| WARCRIME | An offence against the rules of conflict, such as the mistreatment of prisoners (3,5) |
| CONDONES | Approves of prisoners getting executed inside (8) |
| MANACLES | Shackles, handcuffs or fetters, used to secure the hands of prisoners (8) |
| LEDGE | Shelf-like projection on a wall, on the side of a rock or mountain |
| PLAGUING | Tormenting first of prisoners in gulag abroad (8) |
| HAMELIN | The Pied Piper came to this German city where, Browning relates, 'The river Weser, deep and wide; Washes its wall on the southern side' |
| PARAPET | Low wall on the edge of a roof (7) |
| LOCKDOWN | Confining of prisoners to cells |
| LYRIC | By a lonely prison wall from The Sound of Music? (5) |
| BUILTTO | Prison walls aren't of the same dimensions (5,2,5) |