| DEATHROW | Part of prison those sentenced to death are confined (5,3) |
| BIRD | Flighty thing done by those sentenced (4) |
| HORSEMEN | What, representing War, Famine, Pestilence, and Death, are associated with the Apocalypse? (8) |
| YAN | "Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out" novelist Mo ___ |
| REGISTRY | ____ office, a place where births, marriages and deaths are officially recorded (8) |
| HASTINGS | In 3.4, this character is sentenced to death by Richard. His last words are, "They smile at me who shortly shall be dead." Who says this? |
| SOCRATES | Greek philosopher sentenced to death for his teachings (8) |
| LOCKDOWN | Period when prisoners are confined to their cells |
| HALFLIFE | Decay in part of prison term |
| SWINGING | Hanging in part of prison - confess about it |
| STEWARDS | Officials in groups going round protecting part of prison |
| COMPOUND | Part of prison complex |
| BARDOLPH | Companion of Falstaff sentenced to hang for looting in William Shakespeare play Henry V |
| ALCAPONE | Prohibition-era Chicago gangster, sentenced to 11 years for tax evasion, but released early due to illness (2,6) |
| BRITTNEY | ... Griner, the WNBA star who has been sentenced to 9 years in prison by a Russian court. (8) |
| MEANTIME | Until then, being sentenced to imprisonment would (8) |
| OOLA | Twi'lek dancer sentenced to death by Jabba the Hutt in Return of the Jedi |
| OLIVE | Sacred oily-fruit-yielding plant once protected by laws of Solon, who decreed that anyone caught uprooting one could be sentenced to death (5) |
| BANGLADESH | Country where a former PM was sentenced to death by a special tribunal. (10) |
| TOJO | WWII leader sentenced to death in 1948 |
