| ESCORT | A police officer accompanying a person under arrest, in order to prevent escape (6) |
| PRISONERS | A dilemma; situation in game theory based on how two players cooperate during arrest in order to obt |
| MUGSHOT | Photograph taken by the police of a person under arrest (3,4) |
| ARMCANDY | An attractive companion accompanying a person, especially a celebrity, at social events (3,5) |
| COLLEGIATE | Officer accompanying ambassador, one to be entertained in institution |
| CARTEL | An association of similar companies that have grouped together in order to prevent competition and to control prices (6) |
| ELDEST | First-born daughter detained by Spain, in order to prevent ... (6) |
| INFANT | In law, a person under the age of eighteen |
| CHOLER | Arrest in recital causing anger (6) |
| HINDER | Arrest in church in Derry |
| BUMRAP | False arrest, in slang |
| NONSTOPFLIGHT | French veto to prevent escape in direct journey (7,6) |
| BALLANDCHAIN | Something once attached to a prisoner's ankle to prevent escape (4,3,5) |
| PREEMPT | Act in advance in order to prevent something happening (3-4) |
| DEBUG | It has to be dug out in order to prevent spying (5) |
| COPINGSAW | Wife, under arrest in Grammar School, with a sharp object |
| LANGUAGE | Wayward angel crosses leaders generally under arrest, in a manner of speaking (8) |
| HUGO | French novelist who, in order to prevent outings or procrastination thus forcing him to meet his deadline for writing The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, instructed that his clothes be hidden by his valet (4 |
| LEST | For fear that; in order to prevent (4) |
| SERGING | Overcasting in order to prevent fraying |
