| BAILIWICK | Release from prison island lighter in responsibility (9) |
| FANCYFREE | Like fine actor Oliver almost lacking in responsibility? (5,4) |
| DEPUTY | Stand-in sets record in responsibility |
| BUCKPASSING | Back up signs possibly for shift in responsibility? (4,7) |
| PROBATION | Provisional release from prison (9) |
| FRANCISCO | The prison island, Alcatraz, is located in the middle of San ... Bay |
| OVERMATCH | Finished lighter in defeat (9) |
| MELMOTH | Sebastian, pseudonym adopted by Oscar Wilde in Paris after his release from prison in 1897 (7) |
| PAROLE | Release from prison, having the lead in Father of the Bride? (6) |
| OCELLI | In the simple sense, eyes old part of prison island (6) |
| MOTIF | Dominant idea or word from French Count's prison island |
| EXILED | Steve McQueen & Dustin Hoffman were ______ to a prison island in Papillon. |
| ALCATRAZ | Prison island in San Francisco Bay (8) |
| MANDELA | Cheney opposed a call for his release from prison |
| COITUS | Backing release from prison, cue ugliest extremists, doubly stir crazy (6,11) |
| SPRINGTIME | Arrange release from prison sentence when winter finishes (10) |
| SPELLOUT | Temporary release from prison detail? (5,3) |
| CANTATA | Song to celebrate release from prison? |
| SETRING | Release from prison holding unknown number of traitors (3,4) |
| SPYRING | Release from prison holding unknown number of traitors (3,4) |
