| SPIV | What, colloquially, is one who lives by one's wits (4) |
| WITS | Live by one's - |
| YOGI | One who lives by yamas and niyamas |
| BOMB | What, colloquially, is an old car called (4) |
| SCAM | What, colloquially is a confidence trick (4) |
| SPIN | What, colloquially, is political rhetoric (4) |
| CHUM | One of my friends lives by the church on the outskirts of Upham (4) |
| PICAROON | One who lives by his or her wits (8) |
| STOW | Put away what's colloquially set up? (4) |
| PURITAN | One who lives by a strict moral code |
| RIVERAIN | One who lives by or near flowing water |
| BRIGAND | One who lives by plunder (7) |
| ONLY | He's the herbivore in the bunch: The green turtle is the ___ sea turtle that lives by eating algae, seaweed and seagrasses (although, at birth, it snacks on fish eggs, 16Ds and more) |
| MESS | "Ten Stupid Things Women Do to ___ Up Their Lives" by Laura Schlessinger |
| SHYSTER | What, colloquially, is a lawyer who uses questionable methods (7) |
| CRETIN | What, colloquially, is a person who endures pain bravely (6) |
| BRICKBAT | What, colloquially, is an unkind remark (8) |
| EARWIG | What, colloquially, is an eavesdropper (6) |
| URGER | What, colloquially, is a racecourse tipster (5) |
| MATILDA | What colloquially is a tramp's swag called (7) |
