Clue contest No 46

Cut tariffs to upset Don the Con? (3-3,6)

RIP + *TARIFFS TO def = Don the Con (DBE)

One who screws stripper? (3-3,6)

Double def: ‘one who screws’ and ‘stripper’ (i.e. an artist who rips off clothes)

Trickster’s way to get to tariffs (3-3,6)

Reverse anagram (OFFARTIST)*rip gives “to tariffs”

Forge or forger? (3-3,6)

CD (as it can be read both ways)

Sharp final message I broadcast with soft fart (3-3,6)

RIP+ISOFTFART*

Rat, primarily insidious fraud, profits improperly? (3-3,6)

&lit: (RAT + I + F + PROFITS)*

Trump is involved in dodgy profit - he's a conman! (3-3,6)

fart (trump) + is inside (involved in) profit*

Afrit’s tip for cack-handed plagiarist (3-3,6)

Anagram of AFRIT’S TIP FOR

Conman's deranged import tariffs lose money (3-3,6)

Definition: conman. Anagram (deranged) of IMPORT TARIFFS losing M (money)

Criminal, at first, with never-ending profit! (3-3,6)

&lit. ATFIRSTPROFI(t)*

Hustler has face of Rapunzel and fine pair of tits after treatment (3-3,6)

Hustler(def) has face of R[apunzel] and fine F PAIR OF TITS* after treatment

Chiseller stiff at prior wriggling (3-3,6)

stiff at prior [anagram]

Trump taken in by maverick spirit of confidence trickster (3-3,6)

FART (trump) in *SPIRITOF

Often, letters from OAP first identify scammer (3-3,6)

Letterbank (often letters from) OAPFIRST = def

Is after profit badly - without a bit of effort! (3-3,6)

&lit. Anag. ('badly') of ISAFTERPROFIT* without E ('a bit of effort')

Chiseller's epitaph to spoilt musician (3-3,6)

RIP (epitaph) + OFF (spoilt, as in food) + ARTIST (musician)

Cancelled photographer bearing grave message for Hustler (3-3,6)

Def: Hustler / OFF (cancelled) + ARTIST (photographer) bearing RIP (grave message)

Cowboy in grip of fart is trembling (3-3,6)

Hidden

I stiff or trap criminally! (3-3,6)

&lit, *ISTIFFORTRAP

Deranged "patriots" riff for grifter (3-3,6)

Anagram (deranged) of PATRIOTSRIFF for the definition (grifter)

President Donald J. Trump's ludicrous import tariffs wasted millions (3-3,6)

Anagram (ludicrous) of IPORTTARIFFS ("import tariffs" -m)

Heartfelt message after death of female singer and stripper? (3-3,6)

Wimsical-ish def: strip is a synonym for rip-off (i.e. stripping someone of money, etc.) --- RIP (Heartfelt...death) + OF (lit) + F (female) + ARTIST (singer?)

Clue for prima donna conman (3-3,6)

Reverse engineered clue. Rip-off = PRI (anagram of rip), artist = MADONNA, combined to give prima donna.

Drip of fart is thankfully revealing grifter (3-3,6)

Hidden in dRIP OF FART IS Thankfully; def=grifter