| SCARFACE | Nickname of US gangster Al Capone, deriving from knife wounds received in a barfight in 1917 (8) |
| CAGEY | Wary when star of US gangster movies drops in at last |
| TAXEVASION | Crime of which US gangster Al Capone was convicted on October 17 1931 (3,7) |
| EVASION | US gangster Al Capone was imprisoned for eleven years for income tax ... |
| WHITTLE | Dialect for a blanket or a woollen shawl; or, from "knife", a word meaning "cut, pare or shave strips from", especially when using said blade (7) |
| CLEVER | A cut from knife that's sharp (6) |
| STAB | Wound from knife piercing constable |
| TASTING | Having the flavour, thanks to wound received from 9 (7) |
| MEANDERED | Wound received during spiteful act (9) |
| SCAB | Wound received as cabs crash (4) |
| SUPERMEX | Nickname of US golfer Lee Trevino, 1971's PGA Player of the Year (8) |
| LITTLEMO | Nickname of US tennis player Maureen Connolly, who won Wimbledon in 1952, 1953 and 1954 (6,2) |
| ICECREAM | *Scoop received in a call |
| ALCAPONE | US gangster (1899-1947), convicted of tax evasion in 1931 (2,6) |
| CLEANCUT | Clear advice to anyone tending a dirty knife wound (5-3) |
| SOPRANOS | The --------, US gangster series starring James Gandolfini (8) |
| CAPONE | It's US gangster Al - and there's nae cop around (6) |
| SATCHMO | Nickname of US jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong (1901- 71) used as the title of an autobiography published in 1954 (7) |
| BLITHE | Most of the bill is received in a cheerful manner (6) |
| BIDEN | Record-holder for most votes ever received in a U.S. presidential election |
