| SHRILL | High-pitched conman right in the middle (6) |
| ESCROC | Word, possibly from the Italian for "fire-maker, stoker", for a French conman, rogue or swindler, or perhaps an unscrupulous fraudulent broker (6) |
| HUSTLE | Crime drama starring Adrian Lester as conman Mickey Stone (6) |
| BROGUE | Accent of Belfast's foremost conman |
| HUSTLER | Conman heartlessly committed theft in the middle of a church (7) |
| RECEIVER | Right conman losing diamonds one returns in court |
| WIZARDOFOZ | Conman in work initially filling in crack leading to slow leak briefly |
| MONTBLANC | It's high time to face second-rate student taken in by conman abroad (4,5) |
| UPFORGRABS | Cheery conman unloading the latest in exercise and six-pack obtainable (2,3,5) |
| RACKETEER | Conman in fuss, always |
| CINNAMON | Ginger conman in spice group (8) |
| ROGUE | Valet leaves the travelogue with a rascal and conman (5) |
| CHEAT | Conman, the man having whip round (5) |
| SECONDINCOMMAND | Deputy has moment with surprisingly dim conman (6,2,7) |
| IFYOU | Film based on the story of conman Frank Abagnale Jnr, Catch Me ... Can (2,3) |
| MACGREGOR | Scots conman who posed as ruler of the imaginary territory of Poyais, Gregor - (9) |
| INSOMNIAC | International conman is busted - he'll have trouble getting off (9) |
| FRAUDSTER | Fur trade's used by conman (9) |
| FIDDLER | Crab, conman & musician (7) |
| TONGUETWISTER | Lick conman? It's hard to say! |
