| FRANCESCA | - - - Annis, King Of Thieves actress (9) |
| INOR | "Are You ___ ___ Out?"; "Aladdin and the King of Thieves" song |
| HEISTS | Plot devices in the films "Thief" and "King of Thieves" |
| CAINE | Actor, whose new film, King Of Thieves, is out now (7,5) |
| MICHAEL | Actor, whose new film, King Of Thieves, is out now (7,5) |
| THROBBING | Beating leader of thieves doing his business behind hotel (9) |
| DENIGRATE | Belittle group of thieves — one wonderful to hear of |
| JESMYNWARD | Author of "Let Us Descend," about Annis, a enslaved girl who is separated from her mother and sold by her white father (October, 2023) |
| HEROES | Viri deorum progenies, nati melioribus annis |
| FIRES | Francesca Annis' Women's Institute WWII drama, Home ... (5) |
| PLANTAINS | In flat, small talk of thieves about to go bananas (9) |
| ABITTHICK | Article pinched? Description of thieves perhaps unreasonable |
| ROBINHOOD | ___: Prince of Thieves (1991 Christian movie) |
| LADYMACBETH | Role played by Francesca Annis in a 1971 Polanski film (4,7) |
| LANGTRY | In Scotland, protracted rugby score for socialite Lillie, who was once played by Francesca Annis (7) |
| SLATER | Christian of "Robin hood: Prince of Thieves" (1991) |
| TRANSACT | Do leaders of thieves temporarily stash away most of loot? |
| ITA | 'Ye have made ___ den of thieves': Book of Matthew |
| NETT | Capture leader of thieves, but clear of all charges (4) |
| FAGIN | Leader of a gang of thieves in Oliver Twist (5) |
