| JEDBURGH | Scottish town's criminal initially reprimanded by "hanging" judge |
| CARPETED | Perhaps setter with short name such as Rover, initially reprimanded (8) |
| BLACKCAP | Warbler - worn by hanging judge (8; 5,3) |
| ONTHECARPET | Severely reprimanded by someone in authority (2,3,6) |
| CARPET | On the ____, expression meaning 'being reprimanded by someone in authority' (6) |
| COMPLIANCE | Yielding criminal initially arrested by terrible policeman (10) |
| DEATHCAP | Toadstool for hanging judge? (5,3) |
| JEFFREYS | Welsh baron, 1645-1689, often known as the Hanging Judge (8) |
| JOWL | Perhaps some cheeky hanging judge and a solemn person |
| WASSOBER | "The hanging judge ___" (Bob Dylan lyric) |
| ARTCRITIC | Hanging judge painfully swollen, going from hot to cold (3,6) |
| BURGHS | Old scottish towns (as opposed to towns elsewhere?) |
| CAGED | Criminal initially got old behind bars |
| FIRSTOFFENDER | New criminal initially to finish with hesitation (5,8) |
| ELECTRONIC | Pick on one criminal initially nicking run of PC devices? |
| FELON | Criminal initially following lone deviation |
| CONTRITE | Common criminal initially sorry |
| RADIOCAR | Vehicle that's standard, with a criminal initially inside (5,3) |
| PANDACAR | Vehicle that's standard, with a criminal initially inside (5,3) |
| FRAUGHT | Father apprehended, but criminal initially escaping, tense |
