### Clue: Penniless in London and Cairo away in the distant past (7)
### Answer: BORACIC 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Penniless in London
 **Anagram of**(away) CAIRO **contained in**(in) B.C.(abbrev. for "before Christ";the distant past).
Answer: Cockney rhyming slang for penniless;skint, from "boracic lint", a kind of poultice.