Swindles bringing in very little money for troublemakers (6)
I believe the answer is:
scamps
'troublemakers' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'swindles bringing in very little money' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'money' could be 'p' and 'p' is present in the answer.
'swindles' could be 'scams' (scam is a kind of swindle) and 'scams' is present in the leftover letters.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for scamps that I've seen before include "Naughty little rascals" , "Lively children" , "'Rascals, imps (6)'" , "Little rascals, mischievous children" , "Mischevious young children" .)