| STINGS | What, colloquially, are confidence tricks (6) |
| URGERS | What, colloquially, are racecourse tipsters (6) |
| SCREWS | What, colloquially, are prison guards called (6) |
| SKINNERS | What, colloquially, are betting coups in horseracing (8) |
| IVORIES | What, colloquially, are the keys of a piano called (7) |
| SNAGS | What, colloquially, are sausages (5) |
| CRETIN | What, colloquially, is a stupid person (6) |
| EARWIG | What, colloquially, is an eavesdropper (6) |
| SPARKS | What colloquially, is a radio operator called (6) |
| ROOKIE | What, colloquially, is a raw recruit called (6) |
| DRONGO | What, colloquially, is a slow-witted person (6) |
| WESTIE | What, colloquially, might we call someone from the western suburbs of Sydney (6) |
| POKERS | What, colloquially, do we call those who opt out of arrangements (6) |
| BARFLY | What, colloquially, is an habitual hotel drinker (3,3) |
| BIGWIG | What, colloquially, is a very important person |
| BRITON | What, colloquially, do we call a person who endures pain bravely (5) |
| STINGY | Mean confidence trick by Yankee (6) |
| CONJOB | Confidence trick |
| SCREAM | Caution about being taken in by confidence trick |
| HUSTLE | Sleuth involved in confidence trick |
