Swindles bringing in very little money for troublemakers (6)
I believe the answer is:
scamps
'troublemakers' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'swindles bringing in very little money' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'money' could be 'p' and 'p' is located in the answer.
'swindles' could be 'scams' (scam is a kind of swindle) and 'scams' is found within the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'for' is the 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" .)