| CHARLES | Author of Hard Cash, Peg Woffington, etc. (7,5) |
| READE | Author of Hard Cash, Peg Woffington, etc. (7,5) |
| DASHIELLHAMMETT | US author of hard-boiled detective novels including The Maltese Falcon (1930) |
| DICKENS | Charles, author of Hard Times (7) |
| BREADLINE | Queuing up for crumbs on Grub Street goes the unread author of Hard to Make a Crust! (2,3,9) |
| ONTHE | Queuing up for crumbs on Grub Street goes the unread author of Hard to Make a Crust! (2,3,9) |
| KRONA | Old sailor in his boat upset losing a bit of hard cash |
| EASYMONEY | The opposite of hard cash? |
| SPECIE | Scattered pieces of hard cash (6) |
| COIN | Bit of hard cash? |
| PENCE | Pressure, therefore, to dispose of hard cash (5) |
| FOLDINGMONEY | Hard cash? Yes and no (7,5) |
| EVIL | Like writers of hard puzzles |
| READES | "Hard Cash" author and family |
| COLLINS | Two pounds in hard cash for "The Moonstone" author (7) |
| DOUGH | Took note of trousering old hard cash? |
| POUNDNOTE | Presumably in London this was the cost in hard cash of hit record? (5,4) |
| COXSWAIN | Vote was rigged, splitting hard cash for director on board (8) |
| DOSH | Parties taking hard cash (4) |
| HACKERS | They can get hard cash working on line (7) |
