| THATSTHETICKET | With conspiracy theorist as hostage, five times he has lost it (5,3,6) |
| WARNER | Australian opening batsman who has captained SRH the most number of times; he has also won the Orange Cap multiple times |
| INLEAGUE | Fashionable three, Miles involved with conspiracy (2,6) |
| KLANG | German for "sound", used by some music theorists as a name for a "chord of nature" |
| WAITE | Terry --, envoy to Archbishop of Canterbury who was taken hostage (5) |
| HERALD | In olden times, he announced important news |
| FLINTCASTLE | In 3.2, Richard is informed that York has joined Bolingbroke and that he has lost his "northern castles" and his army. Where is he is going to take refuge? |
| MYREPUTATION | Iago had plotted to dishonour Cassio by using Roderigo in his scheme. In 2.3, he befriends Cassio, who thinks Iago will help in some way. What does Cassio tell Iago that he has lost? |
| CASTRATO | Players tell on second coach, "He has lost the balls" (8) |
| TIGER | Soldier raised in short period of time: he has his stripes |
| DRAFTEE | Doctor gets a payment covering time he has to serve in US (7) |
| OLDMASTER | For a long time he has taught painting (3,6) |
| HOROLOGER | In time he has become an expert (9) |
| EACH | Every one I teach has lost it (4) |
| CAPACITOR | It stores charge as hostage-taker stores current one (9) |
| SCRATCH | Cash - small Dickens character has lost it (7) |
| CRICKETER | May possibly credit conspiracy theorist with talking extremely rationally to begin with |
| EDGE | The side defeated generally has lost it? |
| MACRONANDCHEESE | A "Krafty" French president who once referred to striking workers as "hostage takers" |
| RASH | Outbreak of terror as hostage's grabbed (4) |
