| Swindle |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
20 Aug 2025 |
| Break the rules |
Thomas Joseph |
24 Jul 2025 |
| Do act peculiarly when he enters (5) |
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| Do get cold, then warm up (5) |
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| Celsius temperature will not be fair (5) |
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| Not to play fair (5) |
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| Do wrong each time (5) |
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| Copy from others in an exam |
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| Be fraudulent (5) |
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| The -, 1931 film drama starring Tallulah Bankhead and Irving Pichel |
Mirror Quiz |
01 Jun 2025 |
| Act dishonestly in cold and warmth (5) |
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| Don't play by the rules |
The Telegraph Plusword |
05 May 2025 |
| He has Tom round to swindle one (5) |
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| Play dishonestly |
Mirror Quick |
28 Apr 2025 |
| Teach how to swindle |
Mirror Cryptic |
28 Apr 2025 |
| Thwart cold with warmth (5) |
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| Teach (anag.) |
The Telegraph Quick |
20 Apr 2025 |
| Teach how to swindle |
Mirror Cryptic |
15 Apr 2025 |
| Do, with a companion, have tea out (5) |
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| Play dishonestly |
Mirror Quick |
15 Apr 2025 |
| Deceive, scam |
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| Chisel polish off both taps initially (5) |
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| Spiteful woman he has around will take one in (5) |
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| Do clip the moustache finally (5) |
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| Dishonest games player |
The Times Concise |
31 Mar 2025 |
| Swindler |
Newsday |
30 Mar 2025 |
| Teach how to swindle |
Mirror Cryptic |
30 Mar 2025 |
| Play dishonestly |
Mirror Quick |
30 Mar 2025 |
| Out each time to defraud (5) |
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| Do speak English in (5) |
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| Trapping the male cat, don't play fair |
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| He gets caught in the act: awful swindler (5) |
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| Cold warmth? That's a fraud |
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| Teach wrongly to swindle (5) |
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| Tom maybe arresting that man, a swindler |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
03 Feb 2025 |
| Do, when cold, warm up (5) |
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| He knows how to act and to deceive |
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| He may be found in a deceitful act! (5) |
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| Each team leader could become a crook (5) |
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| Swindle |
The Telegraph Plusword |
10 Jan 2025 |
| Do, for the man, have a whioround (5) |
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| Do get the animal, a male, trapped (5) |
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| Break the rules |
Universal |
25 Dec 2024 |
| Use a crib sheet |
Commuter |
23 Dec 2024 |
| Swindler |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 Dec 2024 |
| Spiteful woman traps the man with deception |
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| Have an ace up one's sleeve, maybe |
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| Fiddle |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 Nov 2024 |
| Chicken at first laid onto warm foil |
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| Teach the wrong way (5) |
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| Play dishonestly |
Mirror Quick |
10 Nov 2024 |
| Teach how to swindle |
Mirror Cryptic |
10 Nov 2024 |
| Being unfair, he puts the cat out! (5) |
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| Someone who plays unfairly |
Puzzler Backwords |
02 Nov 2024 |
| Swindle, defraud |
Mirror Tea Time |
29 Oct 2024 |
| Scholarly use of a crib would upset most teachers (5) |
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| Jazz trumpeter Baker accepts introduction to Acker Bilk |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
23 Oct 2024 |
| Do finally melt the heartache (5) |
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| The man who has a whipround is a fraud (5) |
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| Play unfairly |
Mirror Classic |
21 Oct 2024 |
| Conversation to cover European swindle (5) |
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| Break the rules |
Thomas Joseph |
08 Oct 2024 |
| Defraud |
The Sun Two Speed |
03 Oct 2024 |
| Talk about eastern swindler |
The Sun Two Speed |
03 Oct 2024 |
| A crook a" and he is caught in the act, stupidly (5) |
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| Swindler, deceiver (5) |
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| Do get the child to have some food (5) |
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| He finds a way to act in order to deceive |
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| Fleece provides warmth, after cold |
The Times Cryptic |
05 Sep 2024 |
| ___-- The Hangman (Doobie Brothers) (5) |
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| In his panic, he attempted to deceive (5) |
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| Swindle, defraud |
Mirror Tea Time |
28 Aug 2024 |
| Break the rules |
Newsday |
28 Jul 2024 |
| He will be discovered in a dubious act (5) |
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| Game player who doesn't follow the rules(5) |
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| Dishonest talk about a point (5) |
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| Do teachers get an early break? (5) |
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| Deprive by deceit (5) |
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| A swindler and his (Celsius) temperature (5) |
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| Look at another pupil's work, e.g. |
The Telegraph Plusword |
11 Jun 2024 |
| He is discovered in devious act (5) |
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| Play dishonestly |
Mirror Quick |
09 Jun 2024 |
| Teach poor swindle |
Mirror Cryptic |
09 Jun 2024 |
| Will he act in order to deceive us? |
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| Load the dice or stack the deck, e.g. |
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| When he is taken in by the Persian he won't play fair (5) |
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| He has to act like that in order to deceive us |
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| Do talk English in (5) |
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| Don't play fair |
Commuter |
21 May 2024 |
| Talk about English fleece |
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| Do, having got cold, warm up (5) |
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| The swindler will have lunch in front of the church (5) |
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| Unethical player, drug ... |
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| Play dishonestly |
Mirror Quick |
23 Apr 2024 |
| Teach how to swindle |
Mirror Cryptic |
23 Apr 2024 |
| Swindle Celsius temperature (5) |
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| Teach badly - and the pupils may have to |
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| He may be found in a wrongful act (5) |
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| Peek at the answers, say |
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| He is caught in the act, out to defraud (5) |
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| Two-time champion's beginning to warm up |
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| Swindle, defraud |
Mirror Tea Time |
29 Mar 2024 |
| Swindler |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Mar 2024 |
| Take for a ride around Eliminator event (5) |
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| Use the "rosebud" code in "The Sims," say |
USA Today |
22 Mar 2024 |
| Teach despicable fraudster (5) |
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| Break a game's rules |
Newsday |
19 Mar 2024 |
| Do, when he comes in, act oddly (5) |
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| Doesn't play by the rules |
Commuter |
08 Mar 2024 |
| He is involved in a dubious act (5) |
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| Teach to be dishonest (5) |
|
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| Somehow teach to break the rules (5) |
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| Do talk the English into (5) |
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| Play a game unfairly |
Newsday |
19 Feb 2024 |
| Kick your ball closer to the hole in mini-golf, for example |
New York Times Mini |
15 Feb 2024 |
| Teach ruinous swindle |
Mirror Cryptic |
12 Feb 2024 |
| Play dishonestly |
Mirror Quick |
12 Feb 2024 |
| Confused deceiver in centre of hatcher (5) |
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| Evade the rules (5) |
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| Possibly teach to break the rules (5) |
|
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| Do cover the point in the talk (5) |
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| Defraud |
Commuter |
06 Jan 2024 |
| As the male cat is about to do (5) |
|
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| Play dishonestly |
Mirror Quick |
19 Dec 2023 |
| Teach how to swindle |
Mirror Cryptic |
19 Dec 2023 |
| Talk about Middlesex conman (5) |
|
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| The man taken in by spiteful woman's trick (5) |
|
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| Use an unfair advantage in a game |
|
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| Don't play fair |
Newsday |
21 Nov 2023 |
| Swindle |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 Sep 2023 |
| Rule breaker |
Newsday |
17 Sep 2023 |
| ___ sheet (test-taking aid) |
USA Today |
20 Aug 2023 |
| Crimestopper gets pressure from police rule-breaker |
The Guardian Cryptic |
20 Jul 2023 |
| Swindle |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Jul 2023 |
| Defraud |
The Telegraph Quick |
17 Apr 2023 |
| Use loaded dice |
USA Today |
28 Mar 2023 |
| Look at someone else's test paper |
USA Today |
11 Mar 2023 |
| Don't play fair |
Newsday |
05 Mar 2023 |
| Play a game unfairly |
Newsday |
30 Jan 2023 |
| Man eaten by pet shark |
The Guardian Cryptic |
26 Dec 2022 |
| Peek at someone else's answers |
USA Today |
20 Dec 2022 |
| Fool about before preliminary round |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
28 Nov 2022 |
| Dirty sort of person |
LA Times Daily |
22 Oct 2022 |
| Copy someone else's paper |
USA Today |
03 Oct 2022 |
| Mountebank |
New York Times |
11 Sep 2022 |
| Swindle |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 Jul 2022 |
| Stack the deck in poker, maybe |
Universal |
21 May 2022 |
| Act dishonestly to gain an advantage |
Irish Times Simplex |
07 May 2022 |
| Act unfairly to gain an advantage |
The Times Concise |
19 Mar 2022 |
| Hustle |
The Washington Post |
16 Feb 2022 |
| Avoid cold and fever? |
The Times Cryptic |
16 Feb 2022 |
| Hustle |
LA Times Daily |
16 Feb 2022 |
| Break the rules |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Feb 2022 |
| Use crib notes |
USA Today |
24 Jan 2022 |
| Bamboozle |
Premier Sunday |
10 Oct 2021 |
| Talk about European do |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
27 Sep 2021 |
| Scam someone, say |
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| Don't play fair |
Newsday |
25 Aug 2021 |
| With 113 Across, gamer's method of becoming invincible, e.g |
The Washington Post Sunday |
27 Jun 2021 |
| Untrustworthy one |
Newsday |
13 Jun 2021 |
| Hoodwink |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 May 2021 |
| Court holds CEO endlessly responsible for the double deal |
Irish Times Crosaire |
12 May 2021 |
| Peek at the answers |
USA Today |
05 May 2021 |
| Act dishonestly with that man introducing alibi in court |
Irish Times Crosaire |
24 Mar 2021 |
| Flout the rules |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Feb 2021 |
| Be a chiseler |
Newsday |
12 Feb 2021 |
| Maybe sharper children worry |
|
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| Play badly? |
The Washington Post |
10 Jan 2021 |
| Play badly? |
LA Times Daily |
10 Jan 2021 |
| Rip off cold and hot pork trimmed on top |
Irish Times Crosaire |
02 Jan 2021 |
| Do taps corrode? |
|
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| Defraud |
The Sun Two Speed |
21 Jun 2020 |
| Talk about eastern swindler |
The Sun Two Speed |
21 Jun 2020 |
| Deal from the bottom of the deck, e.g |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Jun 2020 |
| Not play by the rules |
Universal |
14 Jun 2020 |
| Swindle |
USA Today |
14 May 2020 |
| Swindle |
The Telegraph Quick |
15 Apr 2020 |
| Steal someone's heart, say? |
The Washington Post Sunday |
15 Mar 2020 |
| Chief put away person who has had one |
|
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| Break a vow, say |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Dec 2019 |
| Do the acrosses (first two easily) |
|
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| Rip off |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Sep 2019 |
| Break the rules |
|
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| Play dishonestly |
The Times Concise |
30 Jul 2019 |
| Copy from your classmate's paper, say |
|
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| The man wears animal fleece |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
23 Jul 2019 |
| Defraud |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Jun 2019 |
| Pocket diamonds, say? |
The Washington Post Sunday |
09 Jun 2019 |
| Copier, maybe |
LA Times Daily |
26 May 2019 |
| Copier, maybe |
The Washington Post |
26 May 2019 |
| Indulge in devious methods to achieve something |
|
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| Peek at someone else's test answers, say |
The Washington Post |
16 Apr 2019 |
| Peek at someone else's test answers, say |
LA Times Daily |
16 Apr 2019 |
| Misdate? |
Universal |
09 Apr 2019 |
| Use a crib sheet |
USA Today |
04 Apr 2019 |
| Prowler perhaps catching male shark |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
10 Mar 2019 |
| Copy someone's test answers, for one |
|
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| Don't play fair |
Newsday |
24 Feb 2019 |
| Act dishonestly to gain an advantage |
Irish Times Simplex |
13 Feb 2019 |
| Use a crib sheet |
|
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| Copier, maybe |
|
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| Peek at someone else's test answers, say |
|
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| Misdate? |
|
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| Rip off |
|
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| Flout the rules |
USA Today |
18 Dec 2018 |
| Card game in which you may have to lie |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
09 Dec 2018 |
| Charlie has a fervency for fraud |
|
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| Leading side in cup round play away |
|
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| Fiddle about, in need of passion |
|
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| Avoid what's hot and cold initially |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
09 Sep 2018 |
| Swindle |
Newsday |
06 Aug 2018 |
| Use a crib |
The New Yorker |
18 Jun 2018 |
| Dishonest competitor caught ahead of race |
|
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| Earth found in rabbit's fleece |
|
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| Contrasting temperatures worry trickster |
|
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| Caught passion for snooker in America? |
Irish Times Crosaire |
22 Jan 2018 |
| Flout the rules |
Newsday |
21 Jan 2018 |
| Peek during hide-and-seek, say |
USA Today |
15 Jan 2018 |
| Flout the rules |
|
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| Peek during hide-and-seek, say |
|
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| Fleece, perhaps |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Dec 2017 |
| Two-timer caught by US police |
|
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| Copy from your classmate's paper, say |
|
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| Peek at someone else's paper, e.g |
New York Times |
14 Aug 2017 |
| Rule breaker |
Newsday |
28 Jul 2017 |
| Talk about energy fraud |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Jun 2017 |
| Someone who wins dishonestly |
|
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| Hornswoggle |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
14 Apr 2017 |
| Poker game concern |
The Washington Post |
22 Mar 2017 |
| Poker game concern |
LA Times Daily |
22 Mar 2017 |
| Teach criminal to pull a fast one |
Irish Times Crosaire |
10 Mar 2017 |
| Poker game concern |
|
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| Talk about electronic fraud |
|
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| Peek at someone else's paper, e.g. |
|
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| Cook books, say |
LA Times Daily |
21 Oct 2016 |
| Deceive bird touring Spain |
|
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| Swindle |
Premier Sunday |
28 Aug 2016 |
| Cold? Put on warm fleece |
|
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| Do talk about source of energy |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
18 May 2016 |
| Have an affair |
New York Times |
16 May 2016 |
| Use steroids, say |
USA Today |
13 May 2016 |
| Act dishonestly |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Apr 2016 |
| Palm an ace, say |
Universal |
24 Mar 2016 |
| Defraud |
Newsday |
22 Feb 2016 |
| Stray |
The Washington Post |
07 Feb 2016 |
| Screw as a boy, perhaps eaten by lion? |
|
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| Swindler |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Jan 2016 |
| Cook books, say |
|
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| Get infinite lives, say |
|
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| Swindler |
|
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| Use steroids, say |
|
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| Engage in conversation about Ecstasy con |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
26 Dec 2015 |
| Look the wrong way, maybe |
LA Times Daily |
20 Dec 2015 |
| Swindle |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Dec 2015 |
| Peek at the answers |
Newsday |
11 Nov 2015 |
| Glance sideways during a test, maybe |
LA Times Daily |
05 Oct 2015 |
| Charlie's passion for fraud |
|
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| Con |
USA Today |
03 Jun 2015 |
| Fool randy Conservative? |
|
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| Talk about conclusion of bizarre con |
|
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| Act dishonestly |
The Times Concise |
02 Apr 2015 |
| Talk about the ultimate in fake con artist |
|
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| Deviate from Hoyle |
New York Times |
09 Jan 2015 |
| Deviate from Hoyle |
|
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| Hornswoggle |
|
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| Look the wrong way, maybe |
|
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| Peek at the answers |
|
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| Con |
|
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| Glance sideways during a test, maybe |
|
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| Swindle |
|
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| Cold, then high temperature? It's deceptive |
|
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| Talk about conclusion to bizarre con |
|
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| Talk about the end of confidence trickster |
|
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| Defraud |
|
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| Deal from the bottom, e.g. |
|
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| Use crib notes |
|
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| Swindler |
|
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| Ignore the rules |
|
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| Look at the answers beforehand |
|
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| Refuse to play by the rules |
|
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| Rogue caught fever |
|
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| Use that ace up your sleeve |
|
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| Break the rules |
|
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| Use crib notes, say |
|
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| Don't play fair |
|
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| Fool |
|
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| Break the rules |
|
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| Bamboozle |
|
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| Break the rules |
|
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| Con |
|
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| Skin cold – then what one might apply? |
|
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| Don't play by the rules |
|
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| Peek on a test, say |
|
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| Untrustworthy one |
|
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| Use marked cards, e.g. |
|
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| Copy from your classmate's paper, say |
|
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| Use cribnotes, e.g. |
|
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| Get an A dishonestly |
|
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| Use crib notes |
|
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| Copy from your classmate's paper, say |
|
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| Skirt the rules |
|
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| Get an A by stealth |
|
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| Play badly? |
|
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| Use a crib sheet |
|
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| Swindler |
|
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| Play badly? |
|
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| Unwanted casino guest |
|
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| Flimflam |
|
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| Use crib notes |
|
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| Cut corners, perhaps |
|
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| Swindler |
|
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| Use crib notes |
|
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| Copy, maybe |
|
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| Shortchange, say |
|
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| Steal answers |
|
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| Eat cake on your diet, e.g. |
|
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| Use a crib sheet |
|
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| Break the rules |
|
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| Look around for some answers? |
|
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| Don't play by the rules |
|
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| Copy, maybe |
|
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| Swindle |
|
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| Ignore the rules |
|
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| Use a crib, perhaps |
|
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| Get an A by stealth |
|
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| Swindle |
|
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| Swindle |
|
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| Stiff |
|
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| Deceive by trickery |
|
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| Palm an ace, say |
|
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| Palm an ace, say |
|
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| Cardsharp, e.g. |
|
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| Play badly? |
|
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| Swindler |
|
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| Peek during a test |
|
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| Eat cake on your diet |
|
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| Use crib notes |
|
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| Deal from the bottom |
|
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| Swindle |
|
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| Hose |
|
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| Swindle |
|
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| Use crib notes |
|
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| Swindler |
|
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| Defraud |
|
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| Eat cake on your diet |
|
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| Flimflam |
|
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| Use crib notes |
|
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| Look at the answers |
|
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| Rip off |
|
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| Rip off |
|
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| Fudge |
|
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| Take, in a way |
|
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| Hornswoggle |
|
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| Deceive |
|
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| Deal from the bottom |
|
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| I.R.S. target |
|
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| Unsavory one |
|
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| Fleece |
|
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| Use marked cards, e.g. |
|
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| Sharper |
|
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| Don't play by the rules |
|
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| Hornswoggle |
|
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| Flout the rules |
|
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| Bamboozle |
|
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| Use crib notes |
|
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| Bamboozle |
|
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| Euchre |
|
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| Fudge |
|
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| Fudge |
|
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| Skirt the rules |
|
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| Play badly? |
|
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| Swindle |
|
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| Not play fair |
|
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| Ignore the rules |
|
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| Hose |
|
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| Take 5, clue 5 |
|
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| Pull the wool over someone's eyes |
|
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| Sharper |
|
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| Play dirty |
|
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| Flimflam |
|
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| Fudge |
|
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| Con man |
|
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| Flimflammer |
|
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| Break the rules |
|
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| Hornswoggle |
|
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| Defraud |
|
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| Use a crib sheet |
|
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| Chiseler |
|
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| Refuse to play by the rules |
|
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| Defraud |
|
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| Flimflammer |
|
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| Highbinder |
|
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| Thimblerig |
|
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| Sharper |
|
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| Peek at the answer |
|
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| Deceive |
|
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| Be dishonest |
|
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| Shortchange |
|
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| Dupe |
|
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| Bilk |
|
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| Gull |
|
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| Swindle |
|
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| Get help on an exam |
|
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| Flimflam |
|
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| Mulct |
|
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| "You can't ___ an honest man" |
|
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| Deal from the bottom of the deck. |
|
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| Practice trickery. |
|
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| Flimflam. |
|
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| Elude. |
|
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| Foil. |
|
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| Cozen. |
|
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| Sham. |
|
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| Word applicable to Pecksniff. |
|
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| Do out of. |
|
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| Bamboozle. |
|
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