| CANTRIPS | Spells or tricks in Ayr |
| FLASH | Burst of lightning; a weir's rush of water downstream that would carry a boat over the shallows below; or, a pattern or trick in juggling (5) |
| INCANT | To utter spells or magic words |
| HOTDOG | Frankfurter served in a finger roll; or, a skier or surfer who performs daring stunts or tricks (3,3) |
| TOYS | Word for funny stories, pranks or tricks originally, later dolls, jigsaw puzzles, teddy bears, tin soldiers, train sets and other playthings; or, dogs, replicas etc in miniature (4) |
| PLOYS | Manoeuvres or tactics; plans or tricks (5) |
| KNUR | Ball used in a game with a trap or "spell"; or, a knot in a tree trunk (4) |
| DUPES | Fools or tricks |
| SETUPS | Schemes or tricks |
| SLAM | Twelve or tricks |
| RATTLESON | Keeps talking about talents or tricks (7,2) |
| DECEIVED | Falsifies, swindles or tricks (8) |
| SCAT | Cornish or Devonian dialect for a blow, break, rain shower, spell or throw; or, nonsense jazz singing (4) |
| CONMAN | One who cheats or tricks someone by gaining their trust (3,3) |
| SNAP | Vigour or zest; a sudden cold spell; or, dialect for a packed lunch (4) |
| SCUD | In Ayr, they are barely in it (4) |
| DOLLARS | Money banks in Ayr invested in playthings (7) |
| RACEGOER | Person regularly found in Ayr or Musselburgh, say (8) |
| CASTA | Words before spell or shadow |
| MIS | Prefix for spell or management |
