| PULPFICTION | Counterfeit coin, fit for Tarantino crime movie (4,7) |
| PENNYROYAL | Mint small coin fit for a queen |
| PULP | Soft stuff, romance, for Tarantino film (4,7) |
| DIRECTOR | Title for Tarantino |
| JACKIEBROWN | 1997 Quentin Tarantino crime film starring Pam Grier: 2 wds. |
| THEBIGSHORT | 2015 crime movie with Christian |
| INCUSTODY | Jailed for counterfeit coin study (2,7) |
| RESERVOIRDOGS | 1992 Quentin Tarantino crime film starring Harvey Keitel: 2 wds. |
| EIGHT | Quentin Tarantino crime drama, The Hateful ___ (5) |
| STUMER | Slang for a counterfeit coin/note; a forged or worthless cheque; or, a bankruptcy, clanger, dud, racehorse sure to lose, sham or other failure (6) |
| DUFFER | Word for a no-good pedlar or hawker of sham jewellery first, thus an incompetent person; a useless fellow or fogey; a counterfeit coin; a bungling golfer; or, an unproductive mine (6) |
| SMASHERS | Particle accelerators for breaking atoms; informal word for individuals with dazzling looks or charm; or, circulators of counterfeit coins (8) |
| ICONIC | Counterfeit coin I see is recognisable by everyone (6) |
| CASINO | Counterfeit coin as used by gamblers (6) |
| REAL | Hardly a counterfeit coin (4) |
| DUDGEON | Anger when counterfeit coin has gone in circulation (7) |
| RAP | 18c Irish counterfeit coin (3) |
| UNICORN | Counterfeit coin in vessel shows fabulous beast (7) |
| LACONIC | Saying few words, the Parisian caught with counterfeit coin (7) |
| HARMONICA | Damage counterfeit coin with a small instrument (9) |
