| PENNYPINCHER | Mean person who achieves little success as a pickpocket? (5- 7) |
| NAB | Catch and arrest as a pickpocket |
| ACHIEVER | A person who achieves a high level of success; highflyer (8) |
| WHIZKID | Person who achieves success on own |
| NOUVEAURICHE | Person who achieves success on own |
| SELFMADEMAN | Person who achieves success on own |
| RISINGSTAR | Person who achieves success on own |
| MANTOWATCH | Person who achieves success on own |
| PROSPEROUSPERSON | Person who achieves success on own |
| SELFMADEWOMAN | Person who achieves success on own |
| MERCHANDISER | Hesitation about worker being squeezed by mean person who manages retail business? |
| POACH | To simmer a hippo achieves little (5) |
| DOORMAT | Rug at the entrance could also mean person who is walked all over (7) |
| FINE | From 8 28, 18A, seen drunk with 22A, flattery achieves little |
| WORDS | From 8 28, 18A, seen drunk with 22A, flattery achieves little |
| BUTTER | From 8 28, 18A, seen drunk with 22A, flattery achieves little |
| NOPARSNIPS | From 8 28, 18A, seen drunk with 22A, flattery achieves little |
| FINEWORDSBUTTERNOPARSNIPS | From 8 28, 18A, seen drunk with 22A, flattery achieves little |
| NIPPER | A carter, a costermonger or a navvy's boy assistant; a chela of a crab or a lobster; a child; a cutpurse or a pickpocket; a creature that bites or pinches; or, one of a pair of cuffs (6) |
| CINDERELLA | Poor girl who found success as a glass-fitter |
