| COMETHERAWPRAWN | Attempt to deceive Perth woman a crew manipulated (4,3,3,5) |
| CHEAT | Is about to join a preliminary race, in an attempt to deceive (5) |
| TRYITON | What to do with new dress? Attempt to deceive! (3,2,2) |
| BLUFF | Attempt to deceive a South Island town (5) |
| ALIENATION | An attempt to deceive people will produce estrangement (10) |
| TRYON | Hear working is an attempt to deceive (3-2) |
| BADFAITH | Attempt to deceive wicked with religion |
| SNOWJOB | Attempt to deceive Poles that hurts career |
| LIETO | Keep still in boat as attempt to deceive (3,2) |
| DOUBLEBLUFF | Attempt to deceive by telling the truth (6,5) |
| PUTUPJOB | Attempt to deceive (3-2,3) |
| FIBBED | Made childish attempts to deceive (6) |
| BLUFFS | Attempts to deceive someone, as in poker, say (6) |
| MAIDEN | Sharing its ancient root with Gaelic for "boy, servant, son", a word for a youngster of either sex originally, later a girl or unmarried woman; a clothes-horse; a racehorse without a victory; a washin |
| QUEEN | Related to "bold impudent woman", a word for a wife first, later a female sovereign ruler; a presiding goddess; a king's consort; or, the most powerful chess piece (5) |
| PAINTEDLADY | Name, with an onus on multicolouredness, as if brushed or dipped in a palette of pigments, for a thistle butterfly, a tattooed woman, a scarlet "prairie-fire" American wildflower or a variegated gladi |
| LEONORA | A woman, a man and then a woman (7) |
| DIVER | A frogman/woman; a slang word for a pickpocket; or, an aquatic bird also called a loon (5) |
| MILKRUN | Pertaining to the safe regular round of a dairyman/woman, a term for a routine flight or other uneventful journey or mission (4,3) |
| NEED | Have to have been born a woman, a daughter (4) |
