| Pickpocket, say |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
28 Oct 2025 |
| Robber |
Commuter |
13 Sep 2025 |
| 1981 crime film, also known as Violent Streets, starring James Caan and Tuesday Weld (5) |
Mirror Quiz |
18 Aug 2025 |
| Burglar |
Commuter |
05 Aug 2025 |
| Man of steal? |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Jul 2025 |
| Pincher |
LA Times Daily |
17 Jul 2025 |
| Larcenist |
The Times Concise |
04 Jul 2025 |
| It's criminal if the disturbance leads to someone stealing (5) |
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| Criminal who steals (5) |
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| Boss taking time to replace company's main embezzler (5) |
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| Robber |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Jun 2025 |
| Robber one featured in article on forgery primarily |
The Times Cryptic |
02 Jun 2025 |
| Robber |
Mirror Tea Time |
27 May 2025 |
| One of 40 in One Thousand and One Nights (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
22 May 2025 |
| Unusually fit, he is one who takes by stealth (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
14 May 2025 |
| Movie with 19-down actress, The Book - (5) |
|
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| One guilty of timely procrastination? (5) |
|
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| Person who steals things |
|
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| Shoplifter or burglar |
|
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| Taker of a "five-finger discount" |
|
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| Pilferer (5) |
Puzzler |
08 Apr 2025 |
| Light-fingered person |
Mirror Classic |
06 Apr 2025 |
| "Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning ___" (2010 movie) |
|
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| If the move is made, he'll take things not offered (5) |
|
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| A quiet removal man? |
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| Robber |
Premier Sunday |
16 Mar 2025 |
| The Book _ 2013 film starring Geoffrey Rush and Emily Watson (5) |
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| Robber |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
10 Mar 2025 |
| Pickpocket |
Mirror Classic |
01 Mar 2025 |
| The fellow I caught entering; the burglar |
|
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| Poacher - in Barmouth i.e. fishing! (5) |
|
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| If the change is in the burglar (5) |
|
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| One who takes time replacing constant aspect of leader |
The Times Cryptic |
22 Feb 2025 |
| Porch pirate, e.g. |
LA Times Daily |
08 Feb 2025 |
| One using a bit of stealth - i.e. felony? (5) |
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| Grace Kelly film, To Catch A ... |
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| "To Catch a __" |
|
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| Fraudster skirts around truth that is established fact |
|
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| Shoplifter(5) |
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| Criminal from India grabbed by the foot |
|
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| Unusually fit, he's a criminal (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
11 Jan 2025 |
| Fence supplier |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Dec 2024 |
| Robber |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 Dec 2024 |
| One who steals things (5) |
|
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| Crook |
LA Times Daily |
10 Dec 2024 |
| 1981 crime film, also known as Violent Streets, starring James Caan and Tuesday Weld |
Mirror Quiz |
08 Dec 2024 |
| If the order is not the usual he'll help himself |
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| What this person does is appropriate (5) |
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| A pickpocket, for example (5) |
|
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| To Catch a ___, 1955 Hitchcock film (5) |
Puzzler |
12 Nov 2024 |
| A criminal is one with taking ways (5) |
|
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| If the layout's right, it gets the robber (5) |
|
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| The Book ___, 2013 film (5) |
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| One who steals |
Puzzler Backwords |
29 Oct 2024 |
| He uses a bit of stealth - i.e. felony (5) |
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| He uses a bit of stealth ___ i.e. felony (5) |
|
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| Unusually fit, he's a criminal (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
22 Oct 2024 |
| 1981 crime film, also known as Violent Streets, starring James Caan and Tuesday Weld |
Mirror Quiz |
21 Oct 2024 |
| One breaking the seventh commandment |
|
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| Oliver Twist occupation |
Newsday |
17 Oct 2024 |
| Catwoman or Carmen Sandiego |
|
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| "To Catch a -" |
|
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| WWII drama based on a Markus Zusak novel, The Book - (5) |
|
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| One who steals |
Mirror Classic |
01 Oct 2024 |
| Robber |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 Sep 2024 |
| Man of steal |
LA Times Daily |
22 Sep 2024 |
| One tea leaf is simply no good |
|
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| Who could be undone by introduction of his E-fit? |
The Times Cryptic |
12 Sep 2024 |
| If the layout's right, it's a steal, man (5) |
|
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| E-fit organised to catch hard criminal |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
04 Sep 2024 |
| What one does is appropriate (5) |
|
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| One enters the force to get criminal |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
23 Jul 2024 |
| Robber, burglar |
|
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| Leader loses head with initial tax. It's criminal (5) |
|
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| Larcenist stopped if the right moves are made (5) |
|
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| Burglar, pickpocket (5) |
|
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| Robber |
Mirror Tea Time |
14 Jun 2024 |
| Robber |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Jun 2024 |
| Pickpocket, e.g. |
USA Today |
06 Jun 2024 |
| One taking things badly? |
LA Times Daily |
02 Jun 2024 |
| One who takes after beggarman |
|
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| 1981 heist film directed by Michael Mann and starring James Caan (5) |
|
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| Purloiner (5) |
|
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| One who steals |
Mirror Classic |
25 Apr 2024 |
| Robber, pilferer (5) |
|
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| "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor, Rich man, Poor Man, Beggarman, ..." |
|
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| "It Takes a ___" |
|
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| Robber I trapped by the first felon (5) |
|
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| One can be accused of taking offence |
|
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| Crook poles pulled out of tangled fish-net (5) |
|
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| "Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning ___" (2010 movie) |
|
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| 'Tea-leaf' (5) |
|
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| Tea leaf in rhyming slang (5) |
|
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| One who steals |
Mirror Classic |
08 Mar 2024 |
| Robber who could be fit, eh? (5) |
|
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| He's taken to be a criminal |
|
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| Fit he may be - in a pinch |
|
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| To Catch a ___, film starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly (5) |
Puzzler |
09 Feb 2024 |
| Keith, (i.e. Fagin), was a bit light fingered (5) |
|
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| "The ___," 1952 film starring Ray Milland which earned him a second Golden Globe nomination |
|
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| One whose taking ways are not appreciated (5) |
|
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| Robber |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 Jan 2024 |
| "To Catch a ___" (1955 film with Cary Grant and Grace Kelly) (5) |
|
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| One in the force is a rustler (5) |
|
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| PlusWord No 575 |
|
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| One who's always taking things the wrong way (5) |
|
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| One who steals |
Mirror Classic |
11 Dec 2023 |
| Criminal article about current female |
|
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| Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning ___ |
|
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| He takes things badly (5) |
|
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| Robber |
The Telegraph Quick |
29 Oct 2023 |
| Plagiarist's article receiving one fine |
The Guardian Cryptic |
14 Sep 2023 |
| "The Book __": Markus Zusak novel |
LA Times Daily |
06 Sep 2023 |
| Cockney tea leaf? |
The Guardian Quick |
14 Aug 2023 |
| Boatman taken by the force as a criminal |
The Guardian Cryptic |
20 Jul 2023 |
| Many an "Ocean's Eleven" character |
LA Times Daily |
04 Jul 2023 |
| Tea leaf from tea in Paris to impress one female |
The Times Cryptic |
31 May 2023 |
| Note taker? |
New York Times |
15 Apr 2023 |
| Robber |
The Guardian Speedy |
09 Apr 2023 |
| Pilferer |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 Dec 2022 |
| Pickpocket maybe one the force imprisons |
The Times Cryptic |
16 Sep 2022 |
| Crook |
LA Times Daily |
11 Sep 2022 |
| Burglar |
Thomas Joseph |
31 Aug 2022 |
| One stealing article I put inside, fearful initially |
The Times Cryptic |
15 Aug 2022 |
| One's in the force? You'd hope not! |
The Times Cryptic |
30 Jun 2022 |
| Porch pirate, e.g |
USA Today |
23 Jun 2022 |
| Pickpocket |
|
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| Steal worker? |
The Washington Post Sunday |
15 May 2022 |
| Raffles maybe run once in newspaper, going back |
The Times Cryptic |
06 May 2022 |
| He takes time to replace front of arch |
|
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| Person with 'sticky fingers' |
USA Today |
01 May 2022 |
| Robber |
Newsday |
18 Apr 2022 |
| Person who takes things the wrong way |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Mar 2022 |
| Larcenous one |
Newsday |
27 Feb 2022 |
| Article written about one following crook |
|
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| One who would take something without asking |
|
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| Burglar |
|
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| “Procrastination is the ____ of time” (Edward Young) |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
18 Jul 2021 |
| Burglar |
Universal |
30 Jun 2021 |
| Pickpocket or porch pirate |
Universal |
24 Apr 2021 |
| Robber, one arrested by the force |
|
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| Heist figure |
LA Times Daily |
28 Feb 2021 |
| Heist figure |
The Washington Post |
28 Feb 2021 |
| One arrested by the force? |
|
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| Robber |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Jan 2021 |
| Criminal institute mentioned in article on French capital |
Irish Times Crosaire |
21 Jan 2021 |
| Robber |
Irish Times Simplex |
30 Dec 2020 |
| Initially town house inexpensive, essentially for a nicker? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
13 Dec 2020 |
| Pilferer |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Oct 2020 |
| One takes time; he receives one fine |
The Telegraph Toughie |
11 Sep 2020 |
| Criminal one captured by the force |
|
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| Pilferer or pickpocket, for instance |
The Guardian Speedy |
02 Aug 2020 |
| One in a metaphorical web |
Newsday |
01 Aug 2020 |
| Sticky-fingered one |
Universal |
23 Jul 2020 |
| Husband wearing cravat. Loud. Criminal, actually |
The Telegraph Toughie |
08 Jul 2020 |
| Article I digested on female – one with taking ways? |
|
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| One steals |
Irish Times Simplex |
05 May 2020 |
| Crime film character |
Newsday |
26 Apr 2020 |
| Article about one following crook |
|
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| Crook |
LA Times Daily |
19 Mar 2020 |
| Crook |
The Washington Post |
19 Mar 2020 |
| Porch pirate, for one |
LA Times Daily |
20 Jan 2020 |
| Porch pirate, for one |
The Washington Post |
20 Jan 2020 |
| Criminal: one infiltrating the force? |
|
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| Fence supplier |
The Washington Post |
19 Dec 2019 |
| Fence supplier |
LA Times Daily |
19 Dec 2019 |
| Someone who steals |
|
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| Looter one the force imprisons |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Dec 2019 |
| One who steals |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Dec 2019 |
| Credit card swiper? |
The Washington Post Sunday |
08 Dec 2019 |
| Inventory taker? |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Dec 2019 |
| Person taking temperature before head cold cleared |
|
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| One stealing undergarments finally abandons strange fetish |
|
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| Sticky-fingered sort |
USA Today |
11 Jul 2019 |
| One to be taken by the force? |
|
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| Crook to hurry, absorbed by paperback? |
|
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| Shoplifter, e.g |
Thomas Joseph |
17 May 2019 |
| The force captures one crook |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 Mar 2019 |
| Sticky-fingered sort |
|
|
| Doberman pincher? |
The Washington Post |
13 Oct 2018 |
| Doberman pincher? |
LA Times Daily |
13 Oct 2018 |
| One who steals |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 Sep 2018 |
| Burglar, for e.g. |
|
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| Burglar |
|
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| Robber |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 Jul 2018 |
| Pickpocket, e.g |
USA Today |
16 May 2018 |
| Pickpocket |
The Telegraph Quick |
01 May 2018 |
| One in possession of article with force after them? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
19 Apr 2018 |
| Larcenist |
The Guardian Speedy |
18 Mar 2018 |
| Pickpocket following one in the van |
|
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| Person with sticky fingers |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Jan 2018 |
| Doberman pincher? |
|
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| Pickpocket, e.g. |
|
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| What he does is appropriate |
|
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| Burglar |
|
|
| Acting heads of iffy hedge funds earn trillion nicker |
|
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| Dickens's Fagin, e.g |
New York Times |
14 Sep 2017 |
| Fellow's after article, one appropriated by him? |
|
|
| One apprehended by the force? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
04 Jul 2017 |
| Go in to forage initially; that's me! |
|
|
| Robber or shoplifter |
Universal |
12 May 2017 |
| Article contains information by which force gets criminal |
|
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| Petty criminal |
Universal |
03 Apr 2017 |
| Pilferer |
Premier Sunday |
26 Mar 2017 |
| One apprehended by the force? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
02 Mar 2017 |
| He gets time, if he's crooked |
|
|
| Robber |
New York Times |
13 Feb 2017 |
| Cooler tenant |
LA Times Daily |
11 Feb 2017 |
| Copper? |
LA Times Daily |
13 Jan 2017 |
| Burglar |
LA Times Daily |
10 Jan 2017 |
| Robber |
|
|
| Dickens's Fagin, e.g. |
|
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| Burglar |
|
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| Copper? |
|
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| Robber or shoplifter |
|
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| Petty criminal |
|
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| Criminal who takes things unlawfully from another |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
18 Dec 2016 |
| Criminal institute in the French capital |
Irish Times Crosaire |
10 Dec 2016 |
| Criminal connection trapped hard fellow |
|
|
| Criminal husband shown in dodgy E-FIT |
|
|
| Robin Hood, notably |
New York Times |
26 Oct 2016 |
| Criminal |
The Telegraph Quick |
30 Sep 2016 |
| One who takes things the wrong way |
Newsday |
08 Sep 2016 |
| Robber |
Newsday |
30 Aug 2016 |
| Pilferer |
The Guardian Speedy |
10 Jul 2016 |
| Pickpocket, for one |
Family Time |
09 May 2016 |
| Swindler, e.g |
Newsday |
05 May 2016 |
| Larcenist |
Premier Sunday |
01 May 2016 |
| Fagin trainee |
Newsday |
10 Apr 2016 |
| What he does is appropriate |
|
|
| Booster |
The Washington Post |
19 Mar 2016 |
| Type who takes things wrongly? |
The Washington Post |
11 Mar 2016 |
| Burglar |
USA Today |
24 Jan 2016 |
| Robin Hood, notably |
|
|
| Burglar |
|
|
| Pickup artist? |
LA Times Daily |
06 Aug 2015 |
| One who takes it the wrong way? |
USA Today |
17 Jul 2015 |
| Head of Intelligence taken in by the female burglar |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
30 Jun 2015 |
| One available for the taking? |
USA Today |
25 Jun 2015 |
| Taking one's time, no longer rush forward at first |
The Times Cryptic |
05 Jun 2015 |
| Larcenist |
The Guardian Quick |
16 May 2015 |
| Plagiarist is model husband? That is fine! |
|
|
| A person who steals |
Family Time |
27 Apr 2015 |
| For example, dip one in the fire, primarily |
|
|
| Unlawful taker |
The Times Concise |
20 Feb 2015 |
| Burglar |
Premier Sunday |
15 Feb 2015 |
| Burglar |
|
|
| One available for the taking? |
|
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| One who takes it the wrong way? |
|
|
| Cat burglar |
|
|
| Pickup artist? |
|
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| Crook |
|
|
| Felon primarily after article, one getting nicked? |
|
|
| "Oliver Twist" occupation |
|
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| Burglar |
|
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| Fence's supplier |
|
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| He takes potential hit, left uncovered |
|
|
| Kleptomaniac |
|
|
| Robber |
|
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| Robber |
|
|
| Five-finger discount taker |
|
|
| Artful Dodger, for one |
|
|
| Felonious Our Lady Peace song |
|
|
| Shoplifter or safecracker |
|
|
| One taking things wrong? |
|
|
| Pickpocket, for one |
|
|
| Jean Valjean, e.g. |
|
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| Our Lady Peace song that steals? |
|
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| One taking things wrong? |
|
|
| Pickpocket, e.g. |
|
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| Den denizen? |
|
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| Person who uses the "five-finger discount" |
|
|
| Robin Hood or Jesse James |
|
|
| Robert Wagner played one |
|
|
| One committing 25-Down |
|
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| One who steals |
|
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| Light-fingered one |
|
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| Fence supplier |
|
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| Robber |
|
|
| 65-Across puller |
|
|
| One who takes things wrongly? |
|
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| Robber |
|
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| 65-Across puller |
|
|
| One taking things badly? |
|
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| One taking things badly? |
|
|
| Fagin, notably |
|
|
| One in need of a fence, perhaps |
|
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| Man of steal? |
|
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| Fence user |
|
|
| One in need of a fence, perhaps |
|
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| Larcenous one |
|
|
| Fence user, perhaps |
|
|
| Rustler |
|
|
| Cat burglar, e.g. |
|
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| Pickpocket, e.g. |
|
|
| Fence user, perhaps |
|
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| Pickpocket, e.g. |
|
|
| Rustler |
|
|
| "To Catch a __" (Hitchcock film) |
|
|
| Fence supplier |
|
|
| One taking inventory? |
|
|
| Recipient of a stop order? |
|
|
| Highwayman |
|
|
| Pickpocket |
|
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| Fence supplier |
|
|
| Recipient of a stop order? |
|
|
| Kleptomaniac |
|
|
| Larcenist |
|
|
| Crook |
|
|
| He takes things the wrong way |
|
|
| Pickpocket |
|
|
| Fagin, for one |
|
|
| Person with sticky fingers |
|
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| Fence's supplier |
|
|
| Bandit |
|
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| Crook |
|
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| Fence's supplier |
|
|
| Pickpocket |
|
|
| The Artful Dodger, e.g. |
|
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| Shoplifter |
|
|
| Pickpocket, for one |
|
|
| Pickpocket |
|
|
| 1981 James Caan film |
|
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| Swindler |
|
|
| One ordered to stop? |
|
|
| Burglar |
|
|
| "Yolanda and the __" (Astaire film) |
|
|
| Pickpocket |
|
|
| Burglar |
|
|
| Fagin, for one |
|
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| Felon |
|
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| Copper? |
|
|
| Robert Wagner played one |
|
|
| Larcener |
|
|
| Pick-up artist? |
|
|
| "Stop ___!" |
|
|
| Second-story man |
|
|
| Fagin , for one |
|
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| Someone who takes things the wrong way |
|
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| Man of steal |
|
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| One available for the taking? |
|
|
| Chop shop supplier |
|
|
| Recipient of a stop order? |
|
|
| One available for the taking? |
|
|
| Pickpocket |
|
|
| Moll Flanders, e.g. |
|
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| Pilferer |
|
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| Light-fingered one |
|
|
| Moll Flanders, e.g. |
|
|
| "Stop, ____!" |
|
|
| One with sticky fingers |
|
|
| Cat burglar |
|
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| Larcenist |
|
|
| He has taking ways |
|
|
| He has sticky fingers |
|
|
| Ganef |
|
|
| Purse snatcher |
|
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| Second-story man |
|
|
| One of a fabled 40 |
|
|
| Baghdad notable |
|
|
| Peculator |
|
|
| Robin Hood, e.g. |
|
|
| Shoplifter |
|
|
| Robber. |
|
|
| Light-fingered one. |
|
|
| Artful Dodger, for one. |
|
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| Larcenist. |
|
|
| One who might take the cake |
|
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| One who takes things the wrong way? |
|
|
| Footpad. |
|
|
| Shoplifter. |
|
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| Pickpocket. |
|
|
| Taffy was one. |
|
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| The Knave of Hearts, for one. |
|
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| Taffy, for one. |
|
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| Picklock. |
|
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| Larcenous one. |
|
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| Ray Milland's role. |
|
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