| DAISYCHAIN | A group of unscrupulous investors who, practising a kind of fictitious trading or wash-selling, arti |
| THANXTOMANYBANX | Praiseful mantra of investors who borrowed enough to hold the X Games? |
| CONTRARIANS | Investors who deliberately go against where the "smart money" supposedly should be |
| MYTHOLOGY | Study of fictitious events or traditional stories (9) |
| EMBELLISHES | Makes more interesting by the addition of fictitious detail (11) |
| SLEEPINGPARTNER | Does this mean the wife is out with one of the investors who's not working? (8,7) |
| UNREADY | Is not prepared for clip of fictitious documentary on all sides (7) |
| PITCH | An area in a market/street where a busker, performer or trader stations themselves or sets up a stall; a section of a steep climb or rock face; or, a field, stadium etc for playing/practising a game ( |
| SKIPPER | The captain of a ship or boat, especially a small trading or fishing vessel (7) |
| SALES | Activity or business of trading; or, events such as auctions, bazaars, bring-and-buys or flea markets (5) |
| REHEARSAL | A session of practising a play or concert in preparation for public performance (9) |
| SHAKER | Member of a practically extinct US offshoot of the Quakers, practising a celibate and communal lifestyle |
| EXCHANGE | Building or other place for trading; or, a brief argument (8) |
| REHEARSING | Training a dog, or practising a play (10) |
| AGEIST | Ultimately hostile in a sense, practising a form of discrimination |
| CAR | Kind of pool or wash |
| USE | A bit of unscrupulous exploitation to put to some purpose (3) |
| MACHIAVELLI | Italian political philA-osopher, proA-ponent of unscrupulous government, d. 1527 (11) |
| NETLOSSES | Results of poor trading or tennis, perhaps? (3,6) |
| CORNERTHEMARKET | What you might do after some financial trading ... or in this puzzle? |
