| ORTEGA | Which 1980s Nicaraguan president earlier spent seven years in jail for bank robbery? (6) |
| BUSH | Which US president earlier joined the US Navy in 1942 as its youngest pilot? (4) |
| CYAN | Kinda blue to have year in jail (4) |
| PATTYHEARST | Kidnapping victim who had her seven-year sentence for bank robbery commuted by President Carter and was fully pardoned by President Clinton |
| TIBET | Country where Brad Pitt spent Seven Years (but only in a film!) (5) |
| JULIAN | Australian journalist, founder of WikiLeaks, who spent seven years living in Ecuador's London embassy (6,7) |
| ASSANGE | Australian journalist, founder of WikiLeaks, who spent seven years living in Ecuador's London embassy (6,7) |
| BRAID | Some gold: opening for bank robbery? |
| FAME | Youngsters in which 1980s TV series leapt about in legwarmers? (4) |
| SORRY | Ronnie Corbett played a mummy's boy in which 1980s TV sitcom? (5) |
| LAURYNHILL | "Doo Wop (That Thing)" singer who spent three months in jail for tax evasion in 2013: 2 wds. |
| SALLYST | And 38D She was in jail for her part in the murder of George Kiss in Hollyoaks (5,2,6) |
| CLAIRE | See 32A. She was in jail for her part in the murder of George Kiss in Hollyoaks (5,2,6) |
| ICEAGE | One given sentence finally in jail for the 'cooler years'? |
| TERM | Time in jail for one Hilary, in a word |
| ROBERT | Victoria Sugden's brother, currently in jail for killing her baby's father in the Dales (6) |
| FLAHERTY | She's languishing in jail for one of 8D's character's crimes in Emmerdale (3,8) |
| BOBBY | ___ Costello, currently in jail for killing his grandfather Silas Blissett in Hollyoaks (5) |
| UPTOWN | --- Funk, a Mark Ronson hit that spent seven non-consecutive weeks as the UK No1 (6) |
| THEATEAM | Which 1980s TV series starred George Peppard as Hannibal Smith? (3,1-4) |
