Crafty, stooping to pinch shilling (9)
I believe the answer is:
designing
'crafty' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'stooping to pinch shilling' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'shilling' could be 's' and 's' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'deigning' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for designing that I've seen is " Acting in a calculating and deceitful way".)