| PICKINGPOCKETS | The miner was busted for ___ |
| THEBUMSRUSH | The disorderly miner was given ___ |
| FIGHTERS | This rock band's Ballad Of The Beaconsfield Miners was written to commemorate the men trapped for two weeks in the 2006 Tasmanian mine collapse, Foo ... |
| RUNNINGNUMBERS | The marathoner was busted for __ |
| SHAVINGPOINTS | The barber was busted for __ |
| FORGINGCHECKS | The blacksmith was busted for __ |
| POT | Paul McCartney was busted for it in Japan in 1980 |
| CANYON | Where the cavern was in which dwelt, excavating for a mine, the miner, forty-niner, and his daughter |
| ACHY | The miner left the machinery as was quite sore (4) |
| ARLO | He was busted by Officer Obie for illegally dumping garbage |
| COLLIE | The dog is a little too small for the miner (6) |
| RAINFOREST | Rule Twiggy the miner, they say - for the tropical flora! (10) |
| SWAGMAN | Tramp was busted by FBI agent (7) |
| GETTING | & 11Ac. How the miner is applying himself to the job! (7,4,2,2) |
| DOWNTOIT | How the miner is applying himself to the job! (7,4,2,2) |
| QYNTEL | Portland Trail Blazer Woods busted for raising pit bulls for fighting |
| INFORMER | ' Because the miner's trapped after the collapse' he squeals (8) |
| THIRDSTRIKE | The miner retired after his ___ |
| TOOKHISPICK | The miner couldn't work because somebody ___ |
| ANAGRAM | The miner is one of their men |