| BENDOVER | Prepare for punishment ... and relax: finished |
| STOCKS | Formerly for punishment and now put away for later (6) |
| CHICANERY | Greek character gets corporal punishment and lines for cheating |
| PARIS | Capital punishment and rigorous imprisonment, say for all leaders (5) |
| DOSTOEVSKY | Surname of the Russian author of 'Crime and Punishment' and 'The Idiot' (10) |
| SIXOFTHEBEST | Old-school punishment, and a hint for answers to asterisked clues (12) |
| TYRANNY | Dominance through threat of punishment and violence (7) |
| CASTIGATED | Acting group, one kept in as punishment and reprimanded (10) |
| REPENTANCE | Note conclusion of atonement in punishment and remorse (10) |
| ENACTMENT | Decree brought back punishment and incarcerated soldiers during tense time |
| WHATFOR | Punishment - and that's the reason why (4,3) |
| GETOFF | Escape punishment and pass out (3,3) |
| DESERTION | What warranted punishment and what carries charge? |
| HITTHEHEADLINES | Strike teacher, get punishment and feature in the newspaper (3,3,9) |
| ROD | Whether an angler's fishing-pole, a cane for a stroll or a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer of blue-eyed soul, it is a word or name synonymous with a stick for punishment or control (3) |
| PASSERSBY | Press bays for punishment for people unlike the good Samaritan |
| PENANCE | For punishment, keep in and cane, perhaps (7) |
| EGGCELL | For one leader of gang, place for punishment that could become life? |
| TARTAREAN | Describing a place for punishment for evil-doers in Hades in Greek mythology (9) |
| PENAL | For punishment |
