Crook and second twister getting outside jail finally (8)
I believe the answer is:
swindler
'crook' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'second twister getting outside jail finally' is the wordplay.
'second' becomes 's' (common abbreviation).
'twister' becomes 'winder' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'getting outside' is an insertion indicator.
'finally' suggests the final letters.
The last letter of 'jail' is 'l'.
'winder' going around 'l' is 'windler'.
's'+'windler'='SWINDLER'
'and' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for swindler that I've seen before include "Fraudulent person or cheat" , "Trickster" , "Con artist" , "One who cheats" , "Defrauder, scammer" .)