Con man turns up in disgrace (7)
I believe the answer is:
scandal
'disgrace' is the definition.
(scandal can mean disgraceful behaviour or news)
'con man turns up' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'man' could be 'dal' and 'dal' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'scan' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for scandal that I've seen before include "Malicious talk; outrage" , "Rumour, gossip" , "subject for play school" , "outrageous behaviour" , "Malicious gossip" .)