| UNSCRUPULOUS | Being devious, you two plot another scam with surplus (12) |
| SITONTHEFENCE | Take up position between two plots - you won't be committed if you do this (3,2,3,5) |
| SECONDFIDDLE | One's not the lead in another scam |
| PLAN | Leading couples in plot, another scheme |
| HEADSORTAILS | Guessing game leads to liars being devious (5,2,5) |
| MISDESCRIBING | Wrongly explaining crisis being devious with MD (13) |
| LONELY | Engelbert Humperdinck sang, "I had the last waltz with you; Two ... people together; I fell in love with you; The last waltz should last forever" |
| CONSPIRE | Plot scam with father to seize power (8) |
| GLUTEN | Foodstuff with surplus energy and nitrogen |
| OVERRUN | Go too far with surplus production (7) |
| UNUSED | A French journalist going round America with surplus |
| OVERSTOCK | Vet has crooks deal with surplus (9) |
| EELY | Mention of Fenland place being devious (4) |
| GOLDDIGGER | Dogged girl being devious? (4-6) |
| PREVAILED | VIP leader, being devious, came out on top (9) |
| SUBMACHINEGUN | Star protecting a chum, being devious killer (10,3) |
| ADNAUSEAM | Being devious, Amanda retains employment to a disgusting extent |
| ERRATIC | Mistake a nervous response as being devious (7) |
| STOUTLY | How one might defend being devious about a ticket seller |
| EVASIVE | Eve held visa up, being devious (7) |
