Possible Clues:

• All pinched, but lots of them turn up at first
• Pinched scarf close to town
• Plagiarised Elton's novel
• Hot German bread with the middle cut out
• Hot -- moved quietly North
• Lifted boa -- constriction finally follows
• Taken without permission or payment
• Hot sweet bread left out
• Gun, with nothing left inside, is hot
• Like some bases and hearts