| FORGERY | Press ahead with railway, making money illegally (7) |
| SURGERY | Push ahead with railway operations (7) |
| KIDNAPS | Takes issue with the idea of making money illegally? (7) |
| COUNTERFEITER | Structure I erect with fortune, as person making money illegally (13) |
| ONTHEFIDDLE | Making money illegally when playing the violin (2,3,6) |
| PLEASANTRY | Land worker, about fifty, by railway making remark (10) |
| VARY | Five on a railway making change |
| SURGEON | One qualified to operate system initially and press ahead (7) |
| DEFRAUD | To obtain money illegally by trickery (7) |
| IDEALLY | I do business with railway changing hands, all being well (7) |
| SCENERY | Landscape with railway behind painted background (7) |
| ONGUARD | Wary, working with railway employee? (2,5) |
| EYEPOPPING | It's astonishing to check out music press ahead of gig (3-7) |
| SALTCELLAR | Turns up, the foreign pitch overlooks resistance in Bastille? With this in hand, press ahead to season! (4,6) |
| IRONICAL | Wry one to gloss over and press ahead (8) |
| SPEARHEADS | Press ahead developing points of attack |
| DRIVE | Had the ambition to press ahead on route (5) |
| FORGER | Blacksmith who makes money illegally? (6) |
| FORGE | Steadily proceed to make money illegally |
| PELF | Money illegally obtained from raffle proceeds sent back |
