| ACTON | A swindle involving Turkish leader in West London area (5) |
| AGA | Sagas involving Turkish leader (3) |
| RAMP | From "clamber, climb, crawl, creep", an incline or slope; an upward bend in a bannister; a swindle involving exorbitant prices; a mobile staircase; or, a sleeping policeman (4) |
| COMPANION | One of a pair of investigators primarily working on a swindle involving money, power and head of AIG (9) |
| NARDO | Sharks leader, in "West Side Story" |
| STING | Swindle involving stone in Gateshead (5) |
| BRENT | West London area |
| MAIDAVALE | Female domestic and a manservant taking time off in west London area |
| TRADE | Independent record label founded by Geoff Travis in 1978, from his record shop in West London (5,5) |
| ROUGH | Independent record label founded by Geoff Travis in 1978, from his record shop in West London (5,5) |
| DUPRE | Swindle involving Republican, one on the (big) fiddle? (2,3) |
| HAZE | Mist in west London area reported (4) |
| MARYLEBONE | Chemist back on track in West London area |
| EARLS | They 'hold court' in west London (5) |
| HAYES | Mistiness reported in West London town (5) |
| AVAIL | Profit made with this, say, in West London? |
| TYRES | Wheels in West London |
| ACCIDENT | Leader in West ousted by a fluke |
| CLACTONONSEA | Left west London area in Conservative seat shortly for Essex town |
| RIFF | Jets gang leader in "West Side Story" (1961) |
