| Snow jobs |
New York Times |
03 May 2026 |
| Takes in |
Thomas Joseph |
02 May 2026 |
| Swindles |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
28 Apr 2026 |
| Things in opposition |
The Atlantic |
26 Apr 2026 |
| Grifters' schemes |
New York Times |
21 Apr 2026 |
| Tricks |
USA Today |
21 Mar 2026 |
| Downsides |
Newsday |
23 Jan 2026 |
| Cheats; arguments against |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
12 Jan 2026 |
| Swindles |
Thomas Joseph |
29 Dec 2025 |
| Pros and __ |
LA Times Daily |
17 Dec 2025 |
| Scams |
USA Today |
12 Dec 2025 |
| Downsides |
USA Today |
21 Nov 2025 |
| Swindles successfully |
Newsday |
06 Nov 2025 |
| Tricks |
LA Times Daily |
20 Sep 2025 |
| Swindles |
Thomas Joseph |
24 Jul 2025 |
| Superfan events, casually |
|
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| Pros and ___ |
|
|
| Prisoners change apart from one? (4) |
|
|
| Discuss the pros and __ |
Newsday |
17 Jun 2025 |
| *Mensa, for one |
New York Times |
29 May 2025 |
| Drawbacks of having no interest in stars (4) |
|
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| Pros and ___ |
|
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| Reasons against taking an action |
|
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| Negatives |
LA Times Mini |
21 Apr 2025 |
| Pros and ___, debating points (4) |
|
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| Downsides |
Universal |
02 Mar 2025 |
| Opposite to pros |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
25 Feb 2025 |
| Inmates |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
13 Feb 2025 |
| They're no pros |
New York Times |
27 Jan 2025 |
| Swindles |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Jan 2025 |
| Scams |
USA Today |
23 Jan 2025 |
| Pros' opposites |
USA Today Quick |
14 Jan 2025 |
| Scams such as Willy's Chocolate Experience in Glasgow |
|
|
| Fools NCOS possibly (4) |
|
|
| Downsides |
USA Today |
29 Dec 2024 |
| Swindles, informally (4) |
|
|
| Downsides (4) |
The Guardian Quick |
04 Dec 2024 |
| Swindles |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Nov 2024 |
| Opposite of "pros" |
|
|
| Scams |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Sep 2024 |
| 1-Across group |
Newsday |
31 Aug 2024 |
| Points against (4) |
|
|
| Puts one over on |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Aug 2024 |
| Reasons not to |
LA Times Daily |
14 Jul 2024 |
| Opposite of "pros" |
|
|
| Pros and ___ |
Universal |
02 Jun 2024 |
| Pros and __ of an issue |
|
|
| Downsides |
USA Today |
19 May 2024 |
| Scams |
LA Times Daily |
16 May 2024 |
| *Computer desktop items |
Universal |
10 May 2024 |
| Pros %26 ... |
|
|
| Fleeces |
New York Times |
23 Apr 2024 |
| Criminals are working in computer science (4) |
|
|
| Drawbacks |
LA Times Daily |
07 Apr 2024 |
| A political label, in short, can be deceptive (4) |
|
|
| Bamboozles |
New York Times |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Downsides |
LA Times Daily |
12 Feb 2024 |
| Pros partner (4) |
|
|
| Pros and ___ |
USA Today |
29 Dec 2023 |
| Reasons why one shouldn't but does cheat (4) |
|
|
| Arguments against |
Newsday |
17 Dec 2023 |
| Reasons against |
Universal |
10 Dec 2023 |
| Argue the pros and __ |
Newsday |
20 Nov 2023 |
| Scams |
Family Time |
06 Nov 2023 |
| Opposite of "pros" |
|
|
| Swindles |
New York Times |
06 Sep 2023 |
| Prisoners |
The Telegraph Quick |
01 Sep 2023 |
| Swindles |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 Aug 2023 |
| Swindles |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Aug 2023 |
| Swindles |
New York Times |
27 Jul 2023 |
| Swindles |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Jul 2023 |
| Swindles |
Thomas Joseph |
20 Jun 2023 |
| Downsides |
Newsday |
08 Jun 2023 |
| Criminals show disadvantages of scams |
|
|
| Those against the Tories |
The Times Cryptic |
19 Apr 2023 |
| Pulls a fast one on |
New York Times |
11 Apr 2023 |
| Swindles |
Thomas Joseph |
08 Apr 2023 |
| Decision maker's list |
Newsday |
05 Apr 2023 |
| Runs a scam on |
USA Today |
16 Mar 2023 |
| Takes in |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Mar 2023 |
| Swindling pros |
Universal |
28 Feb 2023 |
| Swindles |
Eugene Sheffer |
17 Feb 2023 |
| Swindles |
USA Today |
28 Jan 2023 |
| One side of an issue |
Newsday |
25 Dec 2022 |
| Pros' counterparts |
USA Today |
08 Nov 2022 |
| Swindles one out of money |
The Times Cryptic |
08 Nov 2022 |
| Downsides |
New York Times |
23 Oct 2022 |
| Deceitful schemes |
Universal |
24 Aug 2022 |
| Swindles |
Thomas Joseph |
13 May 2022 |
| Downsides |
USA Today |
17 Apr 2022 |
| Argue the pros and __ |
Newsday |
28 Mar 2022 |
| Pros and ___ |
USA Today |
04 Mar 2022 |
| Downsides |
|
|
| Puts one over on |
New York Times |
21 Jan 2022 |
| Swindles |
Thomas Joseph |
16 Dec 2021 |
| They'll never be pros |
Universal |
16 Nov 2021 |
| Opposite of pros |
LA Times Daily |
25 Oct 2021 |
| Pros' counterparts |
Universal |
24 Oct 2021 |
| ]CONS |
|
|
| Pros and ___ |
Universal |
14 Sep 2021 |
| Bamboozles |
New York Times |
07 Sep 2021 |
| Tricks both sides concealing weapons |
|
|
| Tricks those trying to outwit 13 across |
|
|
| Decision-making column heading |
|
|
| Decision-making column heading |
LA Times Daily |
19 Aug 2021 |
| Bamboozles |
Premier Sunday |
01 Aug 2021 |
| Weighs (Dodge) |
|
|
| Opposition's tricks, unnatural but not strained |
|
|
| Criminals on both sides concealing weapons |
|
|
| Takes in |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Feb 2021 |
| Swindles |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Jan 2021 |
| Flimflams |
Newsday |
13 Nov 2020 |
| Pros' opposites |
USA Today |
08 Nov 2020 |
| Swindles |
Universal |
07 Nov 2020 |
| Tricks |
LA Times Daily |
18 Oct 2020 |
| Tricks |
|
|
| Downsides |
Newsday |
15 Oct 2020 |
| Downsides when there's a lot missing from coolants |
|
|
| Downsides |
Premier Sunday |
16 Aug 2020 |
| Downsides to both sides produced by Colman Hawkins |
|
|
| Pro opposers |
Family Time |
06 Jul 2020 |
| Reasons against |
|
|
| Reasons against |
LA Times Daily |
05 Jul 2020 |
| Swindles |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Jun 2020 |
| Bamboozles |
New York Times |
26 May 2020 |
| Swindles |
USA Today |
14 May 2020 |
| Stony Mountain frequenters |
|
|
| Sing Sing denizens |
USA Today |
16 Nov 2019 |
| Reasons to say no |
USA Today |
15 Nov 2019 |
| Downsides |
LA Times Daily |
01 Nov 2019 |
| Downsides |
|
|
| Downsides |
Universal |
16 Aug 2019 |
| Occupants of pens |
USA Today |
14 Aug 2019 |
| Swindles |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 Aug 2019 |
| Bamboozles |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Jul 2019 |
| Pen dwellers |
Family Time |
17 Jun 2019 |
| Disadvantages found in this puzzle's three longest Across answers .. |
New York Times |
04 Jun 2019 |
| People in jail |
Family Time |
20 May 2019 |
| Reasons to vote no |
USA Today |
19 May 2019 |
| Pen pals? |
LA Times Daily |
10 Feb 2019 |
| Pen pals? |
|
|
| Downsides |
|
|
| Reasons to vote no |
|
|
| Bamboozles |
|
|
| Downsides |
|
|
| Disadvantages found in this puzzle's three longest Across answers ... |
|
|
| Swindles |
Newsday |
01 Jan 2019 |
| Pen pals? |
|
|
| Occupants of pens |
|
|
| Ones behind bars |
Universal |
24 Nov 2018 |
| Joint tenants? |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Nov 2018 |
| U-turn from pros |
Universal |
23 Oct 2018 |
| Prisoners |
Family Time |
13 Aug 2018 |
| Cell denizens |
USA Today |
13 Jun 2018 |
| Drawbacks |
New York Times |
12 Jun 2018 |
| Alcatraz filler, once |
Universal |
08 Jun 2018 |
| They may be weighed against pros |
Wall Street Journal |
29 May 2018 |
| Tricks |
The Telegraph Quick |
27 Apr 2018 |
| Prisoners, briefly |
Family Time |
08 Apr 2018 |
| The work of 8 across with fiddles |
|
|
| Fiddles for Colman Hawkins on both sides |
|
|
| 35-Across voters |
USA Today |
29 Jan 2018 |
| Takes in part of subconscious |
|
|
| Fleeces for inmates? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
11 Jan 2018 |
| They may be weighed against pros |
|
|
| Drawbacks |
|
|
| Pulls a swindle on |
USA Today |
01 Jan 2018 |
| Alcatraz filler, once |
|
|
| Ones behind bars |
|
|
| U-turn from pros |
|
|
| 35-Across voters |
|
|
| Cell denizens |
|
|
| Pulls a swindle on |
|
|
| Joint tenants? |
|
|
| Pen pals? |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Nov 2017 |
| Jailbirds |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Nov 2017 |
| Prisoners |
Universal |
10 Nov 2017 |
| Opposite of pros |
Family Time |
15 Oct 2017 |
| Pros and __ |
Newsday |
09 Oct 2017 |
| Rips off |
|
|
| Pen occupants |
|
|
| Pen occupants |
LA Times Daily |
11 Sep 2017 |
| Fiddles by company partners |
|
|
| Pen sharers |
Universal |
23 Aug 2017 |
| Swindles |
LA Times Daily |
15 Aug 2017 |
| Swindles |
|
|
| Joint tenants? |
Universal |
26 Jul 2017 |
| Argue the pros and __ |
Newsday |
24 Jul 2017 |
| Swindles |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Jul 2017 |
| Decision maker's list |
Newsday |
30 Jun 2017 |
| Fleeces |
New York Times |
16 May 2017 |
| Inmates |
New York Times |
13 Mar 2017 |
| Pulls a fast one on |
USA Today |
17 Feb 2017 |
| Pen occupants |
|
|
| Prisoners |
|
|
| Swindles |
|
|
| Swindles |
|
|
| Pen sharers |
|
|
| Fleeces |
|
|
| Inmates |
|
|
| Joint tenants? |
|
|
| No pros |
|
|
| Arguments against doing something |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Oct 2016 |
| Reasons for voting against 12 & 27? |
|
|
| Takes in |
New York Times |
13 May 2016 |
| Deceives |
LA Times Daily |
11 May 2016 |
| Column on a decision maker's list |
LA Times Daily |
13 Apr 2016 |
| Plays for a sap |
Universal |
26 Mar 2016 |
| Scams |
LA Times Daily |
24 Mar 2016 |
| Inmates |
Universal |
21 Jan 2016 |
| Hoodwinks |
USA Today |
09 Jan 2016 |
| Hoodwinks |
|
|
| Deceives |
|
|
| Inmates |
|
|
| Prison yard residents |
|
|
| Prison yard residents |
USA Today |
28 Dec 2015 |
| Arguments against |
The Telegraph Quick |
02 Nov 2015 |
| Takes to the cleaners |
Newsday |
08 Oct 2015 |
| Rips off a number of starters I'm trying to get across |
|
|
| Bamboozles |
Universal |
27 Jul 2015 |
| Tricks returning officer at national school |
|
|
| Tricks Scotchman missing match |
|
|
| Yardbirds |
New York Times |
21 Jun 2015 |
| Scams |
Universal |
22 Apr 2015 |
| Deceives |
New York Times |
05 Apr 2015 |
| Debate group |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Jan 2015 |
| Jailbirds |
|
|
| Takes to the cleaners |
|
|
| Deceives |
|
|
| Yardbirds |
|
|
| Bamboozles |
|
|
| Scams |
|
|
| Swindles |
|
|
| Snookers |
|
|
| Reasons to say no |
|
|
| Not pros |
|
|
| Deceptions |
|
|
| Jailbirds |
|
|
| Negative points |
|
|
| Bad points |
|
|
| Scams |
|
|
| Swindles |
|
|
| Takes in |
|
|
| Hustles |
|
|
| Pros and __ |
|
|
| Dupes |
|
|
| Takes for a ride |
|
|
| Arguments against |
|
|
| Arguments against |
|
|
| Negative facets |
|
|
| Takes for a ride |
|
|
| Bamboozles |
|
|
| Rips off |
|
|
| Grifters' games |
|
|
| Takes for a ride |
|
|
| Rips off |
|
|
| Pen fill |
|
|
| Swindles |
|
|
| Bamboozles |
|
|
| Swindles |
|
|
| One side of an issue |
|
|
| Takes for a ride |
|
|
| Grifters' games |
|
|
| Slammer residents |
|
|
| Snow jobs |
|
|
| Cell dwellers, for short |
|
|
| Hoodwinks |
|
|
| Opposite of 34-Across |
|
|
| Hoodwinks |
|
|
| Hustles |
|
|
| Alcatraz population, once |
|
|
| Prison yard residents |
|
|
| Cooler fill |
|
|
| Swindles |
|
|
| Pen pals? |
|
|
| Flaws in a plan |
|
|
| Reasons not to |
|
|
| Reasons not to, for short |
|
|
| Pros and -- |
|
|
| Jug band? |
|
|
| Jug band? |
|
|
| Residents of the tank |
|
|
| Snookers |
|
|
| Hoodwinks |
|
|
| Pen dwellers |
|
|
| Pulls a scam on |
|
|
| Jailbirds |
|
|
| Tricks |
|
|
| Insiders, of a sort |
|
|
| Hustles |
|
|
| Big house residents |
|
|
| Negative aspects |
|
|
| Time servers |
|
|
| Bamboozles |
|
|
| Bamboozles |
|
|
| Prison yard residents |
|
|
| Some pen pals? |
|
|
| Takes for a sap |
|
|
| Hustles |
|
|
| Pen denizens |
|
|
| Plays for a sucker |
|
|
| Penmen? |
|
|
| Pen fill |
|
|
| Scams |
|
|
| Scams |
|
|
| Deceives |
|
|
| Pen residents? |
|
|
| Flimflams |
|
|
| Fools |
|
|
| Swindles |
|
|
| Takes to the cleaners |
|
|
| Pros' opponents |
|
|
| Hustles |
|
|
| Plays for a sucker |
|
|
| Flimflammery |
|
|
| Downsides |
|
|
| Pen men |
|
|
| Potential problems |
|
|
| They're in pens |
|
|
| Rips off |
|
|
| Snookers |
|
|
| Hoodwinks |
|
|
| Snookers |
|
|
| Bad points |
|
|
| Hornswoggles |
|
|
| Those against |
|
|
| Some debaters |
|
|
| Reasons to vote no |
|
|
| Bamboozles |
|
|
| Fools |
|
|
| Scams |
|
|
| Cell contents |
|
|
| Tricks |
|
|
| Joint tenants? |
|
|
| Bamboozles |
|
|
| Deludes |
|
|
| Inmates |
|
|
| Bad points |
|
|
| Fools |
|
|
| Bamboozles |
|
|
| Cell residents |
|
|
| Sides of an issue |
|
|
| Studies |
|
|
| Negative arguments |
|
|
| Alcatraz population, once |
|
|
| Joint tenants |
|
|
| Flimflams |
|
|
| Pro opposers |
|
|
| Tricks |
|
|
| Takes for a ride |
|
|
| Dupes |
|
|
| Warden's wards |
|
|
| Shawshank Redemption extras |
|
|
| Pros' opposites |
|
|
| List made to help decision-making |
|
|
| Reasons against |
|
|
| Gulls |
|
|
| Peruses |
|
|
| Those against |
|
|
| Pokey dwellers |
|
|
| Turnkey taunters |
|
|
| Yardbirds |
|
|
| Slammer occupants |
|
|
| Victimizes in a scam |
|
|
| These oppose pros |
|
|
| Cheats |
|
|
| Studies |
|
|
| Reads studiously. |
|
|
| Studies. |
|
|
| Those against. |
|
|
| Studies closely. |
|
|
| Peruses. |
|
|
| Guides, as a ship. |
|
|
| Learns. |
|
|
| Negatives |
|
|
| Reads. |
|
|
| Directs the steering of a ship. |
|
|
| Learns by heart. |
|
|
| Steers a ship. |
|
|