Possible Clues:

• Saved
• Let off by padres
• Voluntarily parted with fancy drapes
• Was merciful toward, refrained from harming
• Given five hundred going abegging, one would be let off
• Although the South may have got whittled down, it's not been killed
• 22 across is let off this under a yard
• Left-winger supports resort being saved
• Reprieved area moves west in extent
• Shown mercy, revolutionary soldiers rushed outside