| LIGHTFINGERED | Like a thief with torch, say, implicated in crime (5-8) |
| BUTTERFINGERED | Likely to drop billions, say, implicated in crime |
| ABSCONDED | Made off, like a thief with prize jewels |
| LIEGE | Lord, say, implicated in falsehood (5) |
| RAMRAIDER | Strike horseman capturing a thief with vehicle? (3-6) |
| SCINTILLA | Scrap Conservative implicated in crime ? everyone's upset with it |
| LEADINGLIGHT | Star to introduce good portable torch, say? (7,5) |
| LIGHT | Torch say not heavy (5) |
| TAKINGASNOOZE | Sleeping like a thief? |
| STEALIN | A silent manoeuvre, in order to enter like a thief? (5,2) |
| FURTIVE | 'Armed in 5, like a thief (7) |
| FALSETEETH | Backing car, around which walkers with torch finally set out at night? (5,5) |
| THEIPCRESSFILE | Thief with priceless rocks in work of 5 (3,7,4) |
| CASED | Checked out a house, like a thief |
| ASPIRATE | Draw out like a thief at sea (8) |
| UNDERHANDED | By the back door, like a thief in the night |
| ONTHESLY | Honestly (incongruously) like a thief in the night! (2,3,3) |
| DELIGHTED | Very pleased with torch in action (9) |
| USHERETTE | Girl with torch dined, some say, by fallen house? (9) |
| SOLDER | Repair crack in metal with torch and material [sic] (6) |
