| CUSTODIAL | Scout laid out, involving a prison sentence |
| SERVITUDE | A former punishment involving a prison sentence with hard labour (5,9) |
| PENAL | A former punishment involving a prison sentence with hard labour (5,9) |
| TEATOWEL | Cloth we let out involving a top that's unfinished |
| TRAPEZEARTIST | Agile performer tries a patter out involving final character (7, 6) |
| LEMURS | Rules out involving large number of primates (6) |
| BRUSSELSSPROUTS | British man rules posts out involving these vegetables (8,7) |
| DADSARMY | Mad days out involving Roger in sitcom (4,4) |
| TALLORDER | Unreasonable request later put out involving lord (4,5) |
| EXCERPT | Rule out involving Romeo in piece (7) |
| IRAQWAR | Corrupt warranties sent out involving Queen in protracted conflict (4,3) |
| BOXING | Work-out involving gloves in box E (6) |
| UPSURGE | United clear-out involving boss finally leads to boost (7) |
| OKCORRAL | Location of an 1881 shoot-out involving Wyatt Earp in Tombstone, Arizona (1,1,6) |
| PENNILESS | A man coming off a prison sentence needing money (9) |
| BIRD | A slang term for a prison sentence (4) |
| DOTIME | Serve a prison sentence out oddly in US capital (2,4) |
| ATTHETIME | In the past, forging a note for a prison sentence (2,3,4) |
| ATONETIME | In the past, forging a note for a prison sentence (2,3,4) |
| HARDLABOUR | Heavy physical work imposed as a punishment in a prison sentence (4,6) |
