| RIPOFFS | The acts of a con man on holiday in tears (3-4) |
| WHITECOLLAR | About a con man on the right side of the law (5,6) |
| BLOWOUT | Throw down the drain on holiday in flat (4,3) |
| NEHEMIAH | A book of the Old Testament recounting the acts of a Jewish official at the court of Artaxerxes, King of Persia (8) |
| RAPHAEL | Italian painter who, with his studio, executed the cartoons for the Acts of the Apostles series of tapestries (7) |
| CHEETAH | Fast one from con man on the phone (7) |
| SUCCOUR | Help victim of a con artist in hearing (7) |
| ONEOFFS | Number returning on holiday in Spain and Sweden for unique events (3,4) |
| AWAYINA | Carol's on holiday in a rage about menus initially (4,2,1,6) |
| BACKOFF | Rugby union player on holiday in retreat (4,3) |
| FIDDLER | Con-man - on the roof perhaps! (7) |
| CARAVAN | You might go on holiday in this mobile accommodation, plentiful in Summer Bay (7) |
| TRIPOLI | Naked folk I observed on holiday in African capital |
| OKINAWA | Old clan, Scots on holiday in Asian city? (7) |
| REFUSAL | Act of a horse stopping short at a jump (7) |
| CHEATED | He acted brokenly, yet was a con-man (7) |
| HUSTLER | Bungling sleuth close to Panther, a con man (7) |
| INTERLUDE | An entr'acte or intermezzo between the acts of a play and a light dramatic or comic piece during such a pause (9) |
| KNAVERY | Acts of a scalawag |
| INTERVAL | A break between the acts of a play (8) |
