| UNTETHER | Strike 3 is from unit, ie their release (8) |
| IRAN | Its former hostages celebrated the 20th anniversary of their release |
| DITHER | The day before their release, are indecisive (6) |
| BROCCOLI | Brother officers from unit, the type synonymous with spears - a concern for those managing the plot (8) |
| SYMPHONY | Mendelssohn's No 3 is the Scottish (8) |
| CUBEROOT | 3 is 27's cue to rob cast |
| TUBTHUMP | Speak passionately, but another way, then strike (3-5) |
| BEMOTHER | ...take role of 8 Generator when the clock strikes 3? (2,6) |
| DAUGHTER | The ___, crime thriller in which Richard III is exonerated of the murders of his nephews (8,2,4) |
| THIROMAN | Husband number three is ready to have a ball! (5,3) |
| THEORISE | Wonder if the three is wrong and put in a zero (8) |
| SCOUTTROOP | Talent spotter is tense retiring poor from unit (5,5) |
| FUELROD | Explosive fluoride I removed from unit of nuclear power supply (4,3) |
| IRRUPTION | Invasion from unit prior to struggle (9) |
| UNARM | Remove weapons from unit half knocked out with battering ram (5) |
| INERT | Resisting moving from unit with flexible rent (5) |
| LIONESS | Pride member took from unit in swimming lesson (7) |
| NICOSIA | Capital from unit invested in casino operations (7) |
| HITOUT | Restart in hockey strike on strike (3-3) |
| SETTOPBOX | Decoder's quarrel heading for prolonged strike (3-3,3) |
