Fugitive muscles onto scam with rosy returns (9)
I believe the answer is:
absconder
'fugitive' is the definition.
(absconder is a kind of fugitive)
'muscles onto scam with rosy returns' is the wordplay.
'muscles' becomes 'abs' (I've seen this before).
'onto' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'scam' becomes 'con' (I've seen this before).
'with rosy' becomes 'red' (I am not sure about the 'with' bit.**).
'returns' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'red' reversed gives 'der'.
'abs'+'con'+'der'='ABSCONDER'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for absconder that I've seen before include "Arrest evader" , "runner" , "Runaway" .)