Possible Clues:

• Miserly, like a bee?
• Mean to be a bit painful
• Like Scrooge's con trick, getting last of money
• Penny-pinching ... or a three-part hint to two outer and two inner letters of each starred clue's answer
• Mean street in outskirts of Guernsey
• Tightfisted guy ultimately associated with scam
• Mean street in outskirts of Grimsby
• Cheeseparing
• Tight with a buck
• Mean to be wasting years? Not altogether