| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| VILLAINS | Criminals | |
| LAWBREAKERS | Criminals | |
| FELONS | Criminals | |
| OUTLAWS | Criminals | |
| DESPERADOS | Desperate criminals | |
| PSYCHOPATHS | Amoral criminals | |
| HACKERS | Computer criminals | |
| THUGS | Violent criminals | |
| GANGSTERS | Violent criminals | |
| GANG | Group of criminals | |
| GALLOWS | Structure for hanging criminals | |
| HARBOUR | Hide criminals in Sydney? | |
| EVILDOERS | Devil rose out of criminals | |
| CONSTRAINED | Restricted criminals worked on drills | |
| CONSPIRATOR | Criminals, pirates lacking directions or plotter | |
| SONATA | Arrangement concealed by criminals on a tape | |
| GANGSTER | A member of a group of violent criminals | |
| ABET | Help criminals flip tuba, ripping off university for middlemen | |
| NECKWEED | The hemp; -- so called as furnishing ropes for hanging criminals. | |
| MAIDEN | An instrument resembling the guillotine, formerly used in Scotland for beheading criminals. | |
| BLACKGUARD | The criminals and vagrants or vagabonds of a town or community, collectively. | |
| DETECTIVE | One who business it is so detect criminals or discover matters of secrecy. | |
| HURDLE | In England, a sled or crate on which criminals were formerly drawn to the place of execution. | |
| PRISON | Specifically, a building for the safe custody or confinement of criminals and others committed by lawful authority. | |
| BRAND | A mark put upon criminals with a hot iron. Hence: Any mark of infamy or vice; a stigma. | |