| RINGGIT | Telephone a contemptible person for money in KL (7) |
| AGITATO | A contemptible person at Oxford initially, notedly restless (7) |
| AGITATE | A contemptible person had to stir up trouble |
| ACCOUNT | Place for money in topical story (7,7) |
| CURRENT | Place for money in topical story (7,7) |
| ACCENTS | Accountant returns for money in manners of speaking (7) |
| DENARII | One country journalist sent over for money in the past (7) |
| GARBLES | Makes corrupt run for money in sweepstakes? (7) |
| AFGHANI | Hound the setter for money in Kabul? (7) |
| HOUND | Word for any dog originally, later a more specific canine bred for hunting, such as a beagle; a contemptible or despicable person; a pursuer in a paper chase; or, any assiduous seeker (5) |
| TOKEN | A sign or symbol; a coin-like disc used as a substitute for money in a slot machine; a memento; or, a voucher exchanged for a book (5) |
| SCUT | Irish dialect for a contemptible person that also means the short tail of a deer, hare or rabbit (4) |
| AGITPROP | A contemptible person undermined by support for political activity (8) |
| AGITATOR | Demagogue, a contemptible person, taking a rise |
| LOUSE | Informal term for a contemptible person (5) |
| BLOWER | Informal word for a speaking tube or a telephone; a fan, leaf-blaster, supercharger or other device that produces a current of air; or, a whale (6) |
| ALEHOUSE | Being a contemptible person, he enters back of boozer |
| DOUCHE | That hurts, when described by rising journalist as a contemptible person (6) |
| BRASSHAT | Senior Army bod, British, a contemptible person to Americans (5,3) |
| CAD | A contemptible person out of decadence |
