| DENIALS | Disavowals of being shifty in deals |
| MERCANTILISM | Met criminals being shifty in trade |
| YOUCANT | 10, 16, 18's disavowal of 1 across provides UN agent with naughty cat - miaow! (3,4,3,1,3,4,1,3) |
| PROPHESY | Foresee ambassador getting extremely shifty in pursuit of support (8) |
| TIRADES | Denunciations of one involved in deals (7) |
| HEDGE | Be shifty in countryside row (5) |
| LICIT | Legal, but shifty in politics (5) |
| STORMYDANIELS | Alleged source of personal gratification for Trump in deals, it's implied? |
| TRADEWINDS | They help sailors to turn in deals (5,5) |
| IDEALISTS | A group that seeks perfection in deals it is making |
| EXCELLING | Outdoing former partner in deals, we hear (9) |
| CHANGING | Conservative leader suspended for being shifty? (8) |
| EVASIVE | Being shifty, I have to save up beforehand (7) |
| LARRUP | Punish Paul for being shifty about a car (6) |
| DODGY | Being shifty, hard to hit (5) |
| EGYPTIANS | More than one African agent I spy being 'shifty' |
| RETRACTIONS | Disavowals from radical or a centrist |
| NAES | Dundee disavowals |
| MISGUIDING | Tricking first mug is soon getting usual in deals inside new gaol (10) |
| VOID | It's no good being shifty when you start divorce proceedings (4) |
