| ALLANPINKERTON | Famed detective who accompanied Lincoln from Philadelphia onward due to an assassination conspiracy |
| HINT | Clue to an assassination outside the detention centre (4) |
| LANOLIN | An oil prepared in outskirts of Lincoln from fat (7) |
| NUTTER | John ___ , former defender signed by Lincoln from Gillingham in 2011 (6) |
| PINKERTON | Founder of a national detective agency in US, who thwarted an assassination attempt on Lincoln (9) |
| EYAS | Word, from "nest" and existing due to an etymological mistake, for an unfledged hawk or nestling falcon (4) |
| INTHEPENALTYBOX | Temporarily disqualified due to an infraction that begins any of seven answers to starred clues |
| CHIRAC | French president who survived an assassination attempt on July 14, 2002 (6) |
| WALLACE | George ?, governor of Alabama, survivor of an assassination attempt in 1972, who died in 1998 (7) |
| ANDYWARHOL | US pop artist who survived an assassination attempt by radical feminist Valerie Solanas in 1968 (4,6) |
| REAGAN | Ronald, US president who survived an assassination attempt in 1981 (6) |
| BISCUIT | From the Old French for "twice-cooked" due to an original twofold process of baking and drying in a slow oven, a small unleavened cake, such as a cookie or a shortbread round (7) |
| MAY | Known to the Saxons as "Tri-Milchi", in recognition of cows being milked thrice daily due to an abundance of lush verdant pasture, the name of the spring month containing Beltane (3) |
| JHELUM | River causing chaos in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir due to an abrupt surge in water levels after India released water from the Uri Dam. (6) |
| STICKINGTO | Keeping, due to an attachment you"ve formed for? (8,2) |
| ASCRIBE | Literary credit due to an old scroll writer (7) |
| SWELLUP | Increase in size, often due to an injury (5,2) |
| CRUEL | Heartless and mean due to an irritating ulcer (5) |
| PHI | A letter from Athens or some from Philadelphia (3) |
| MISTRIAL | What is a judicial hearing without legal effect, due to an error in proceedings (8) |
