| SQUASHRACKET | Come down heavy on fraud perhaps for one of that pair in court (6,6) |
| SHEARS | School gets wind of that pair responsible for the cuts (6) |
| OPPRESS | Persecute, come down heavy on (7) |
| TEEM | Come down heavy on the players, we hear (4) |
| HONEYBEE | Lifts lid on fraud by reading out letter to manufacturer of sweet liquid? |
| ARSON | Act of insurance fraud, perhaps |
| PRECINCT | Pair in court touring city district (8) |
| REVOTE | Commit election fraud, perhaps |
| RAINCATSANDDOGS | Come down heavy in a petty way? |
| BOUNTYHUNTER | Gift horse, perhaps, for one seeking reward (6,6) |
| SKISTICK | Inclined to take this in hand perhaps for one of those on the slippery slope (3,5) |
| RINGTONE | Is on call perhaps for one of those getting United Irishman from old republican leadership (8) |
| CHALCOGEN | O perhaps for one of one hundred healthy, convincing, missing conclusions |
| ECONOMICS | A crash course perhaps for one of those studying the bread-making process (9) |
| IDES | The middle of an ancient Roman month, such as the famous day of the assassination of one of that civilisation's greatest leaders (4) |
| SKIS | Opens sticky ketchup in school for that pair on the slippery slope (4) |
| BANANA | One of that bunch produces something for The Monkees reportedly (6) |
| PANTHEIST | God, number one of that name? I believe in them all |
| PITIFUL | Tiny amount of coal, perhaps, for one to get in |
| EGG | One beaten by a whisker perhaps, for one second in agony |
