| PRIESTHOOD | Stripe translated by gangster in office (10) |
| KRAAL | Old boat upended by gangster in South African village |
| BUFFALO | Singer stabbed by gangster in New York port |
| SISTERHOOD | Resist plan by gangster for community of women (10) |
| HOODWINKED | Taken for a ride by gangster, triumph then fly (10) |
| LIVELIHOOD | Bread and butter said to be full of beans by gangster (10) |
| FALSEALARM | Prosthetic limb worn by gangster causes unnecessary panic (5,5) |
| SCAPEGRACE | Margaret embraced by gangster eschewing force, the rascal |
| PARENTHOOD | Somehow entrap gangster in upbringing (10) |
| ARMAGEDDON | Gun is as old as the hills for gangster in final battle (10) |
| TIDALBASIN | 'I'd stab criminal', admits gangster in dock (5,5) |
| MOTHERHOOD | Dam a gangster in maternal state |
| ANTHILLMOB | Gangsters in old cartoon Wacky Races (3,4,3) |
| NORMAL | Standard gold kept in New Mexico by gangster |
| WITHAL | Is accompanied by gangster, as a further factor in the past (6) |
| ROMANNUMERAL | Italian menu changed for oyster month by gangster is one of a kind in Eternal City (5,7) |
| EPIDURAL | Takes the pain out of delivering papers in Peru ordered by gangster (8) |
| BILLY | Emmerdale village ex-con forced to take part in a robbery by gangster Max (5,8) |
| FLETCHER | Emmerdale village ex-con forced to take part in a robbery by gangster Max (5,8) |
| DRUGBARON | Sounds like Matt from the pub is taken in by gangster - the speed merchant (4,5) |