| NONCOMMITTAL | On the fence, not a prison sentence? (3-9) |
| NEUTRAL | On the fence, not of one opinion or its opposite (7) |
| EMINENCE | Prominent position of deep hole in fence, not the first |
| ALTHEA | To -, from Prison; Richard Lovelace's poem with the line: "Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage ..." (6) |
| CAGE | 'Stone walls do not a prison make,/Nor iron bars a ___' (Richard Lovelace 'To Althea, From Prison' (1649) (4) |
| IRONBARS | They do not a prison (or a cage) make....! (4,4) |
| STONE | "__ walls do not a prison make" |
| LOVELACE | "Stone walls do not a prison make" poet |
| DRYSTONEWALLS | Without drinking, what do not a prison make without mortar? (3-5,5) |
| ATTHETIME | In the past, forging a note for a prison sentence (2,3,4) |
| ATONETIME | In the past, forging a note for a prison sentence (2,3,4) |
| PENNILESS | A man coming off a prison sentence needing money (9) |
| BIRD | A slang term for a prison sentence (4) |
| HALFTHETIME | As often as not, when serving a prison sentence (4,3,4) |
| SERVITUDE | A former punishment involving a prison sentence with hard labour (5,9) |
| PENAL | A former punishment involving a prison sentence with hard labour (5,9) |
| HARDLABOUR | Heavy physical work imposed as a punishment in a prison sentence (4,6) |
| STRETCH | Try a prison sentence (7) |
| CONVICT | Anyone serving a prison sentence (7) |
| METEOUTJUSTICE | Impose a prison sentence, say |
