Answer:

RANSOM

Answer	Crossword Clue
RANSOM	Kidnapper's demand
RANSOM	Kidnappers' demand
RANSOM	Captive's cost

RANSOM	Dropped money?
RANSOM	Abductor's demand
RANSOM	Contingency for release
RANSOM	REDEMPTION FOR A PRICE
RANSOM	1996 Mel Gibson film
RANSOM	Pre-release demand
RANSOM	King's ..
RANSOM	Mel Gibson flick

RANSOM	Money in a paper bag, maybe
RANSOM	Return payment?
RANSOM	1956 Glenn Ford crime drama
RANSOM	Suitcase contents, in some thrillers
RANSOM	Kidnapper's payoff
RANSOM	Rescue price, perhaps
RANSOM	Release payment
RANSOM	Payment for a return

RANSOM	Duffel bag filler, in a thriller
RANSOM	Mel Gibson film
RANSOM	Part of REO
RANSOM	King's .. (large amount of money)
RANSOM	King's .. (much money)
RANSOM	Payment for release
RANSOM	1996 Mel Gibson movie
RANSOM	1996 film directed by Ron Howard

RANSOM	Carmaker Olds's first name
RANSOM	King's ... (large amount of money)
RANSOM	1996 movie with the tagline "Someone is going to pay"
RANSOM	1956 Glenn Ford film remade in 1996
RANSOM	Redeem.
RANSOM	Buy out of bondage.
RANSOM	Cost of redeeming a hostage.
RANSOM	Redemption fee.

RANSOM	Money for a hostage.
RANSOM	Payment of a sort.
RANSOM	Redemption of a kind.
RANSOM	Pay in a way
RANSOM	Redeem the hard way