| HORNUNG | EW ---, creator of the gentleman thief Raffles |
| NGAIOMARSH | Creator of the "gentleman detective" Roderick Alleyn |
| THOMASCHIPPENDALE | Author of The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director (1754) |
| NEYO | "Year of the Gentleman" R&B singer |
| RAFFLES | Gentleman thief has ways of raising money (7) |
| ARSENE | Gentleman thief Lupin of fiction |
| ARSENELUPIN | French gentleman thief |
| LUPIN | Arsene, fictional gentleman thief created by Maurice Leblanc (5) |
| RAFFLE | Gentleman thief doesn't finish lottery (6) |
| SLY | ___ Cooper (Gentleman thief raccoon) |
| SINGAPORE | Now a city-state, it was founded by Stamford Raffles of the East India Company in the early 19th century (9) |
| DOYLE | "The Doings of Raffles Haw" writer |
| STAMFORD | -- Raffles, the founder of Singapore (8) |
| BANKROBBER | Has a job asking people for money on one side of The Liffey for raffles, for one (4,6) |
| TICKETS | Items purchased for the chance of winning prizes in raffles or lotteries; or, notices issued for parking or speeding offences (7) |
| HOTEL | Establishment such as the Hilton or Raffles |
| FETES | Village or rural extravaganzas for fundraising by means of ferret racing, raffles, coconut shies, cake stalls, quoits and other events/games (5) |
| TOMBOLAS | From the Italian for "somersaults", revolving drums from which tickets are drawn in raffles at fairs or fetes (8) |
| FETE | What is an outdoor function designed to raise money for a local charitable cause and is characterised by chocolate wheels, raffles, jumble sales and the like? (4) |
| SLING | Raffles' Singapore cocktail |
