| GRUBSCREW | Search by prison officer: an aid to security |
| SCREWY | Eccentric prison officer's an unknown quantity (6) |
| CANISMAJOR | Grabbed by prison officer, one's seeing stars |
| SUNDOWNER | Informal term for a tramp, a strict ship's officer, an alcoholic drink or a lazy sheepdog |
| MESSMATES | Fellow officers - an untidy heap, seething steam! (9) |
| CUSTODIAN | Almost outside choky protected by prison guard (9) |
| VICTIMISE | Bully boy is overwhelmed by prison sentence (9) |
| BOWERBIRD | Phone left out by prison for avid collector |
| CANONICAL | Recognised California by prison on island |
| ASTROLABE | An instrument formerly used to make astronomical observations as an aid to navigation |
| LORGNETTE | An aid to reading letter briefly gone astray? (9) |
| GEARSHIFT | An aid to driving in changing times (9) |
| TAILBOARD | It has its ups and downs as an aid to loading |
| SENSOR | An official authorized to examine printed matter, movies, news before public release to suppress any parts on the grounds of obscenity, a threat to security |
| GENERALSTRIKE | Attack on officer, an all-out effort |
| BATMAN | He helps the officer, an American hero |
| STABLEMATE | Well-adjusted ship's officer - an Arab, perhaps |
| ALGUAZIL | Spanish warrant officer, an anagram of Liza Gaul (8) |
| NEWSMAN | Additional officer, an employee in the media (7) |
| PROTECTION | In favour of initial talk to serve notice to security (10) |
