| Something used to divert attention (5) |
Puzzler |
20 Oct 2025 |
| Wooden duck, e.g. |
LA Times Daily |
01 Oct 2025 |
| Hunter's wooden duck |
Newsday |
24 Sep 2025 |
| Red herring |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
14 Sep 2025 |
| Distracting lookalike |
USA Today |
27 Aug 2025 |
| Something used as a lure (5) |
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| Wooden duck |
Universal |
07 Jul 2025 |
| Red herring or gutted dory, green in the middle |
The Times Cryptic |
24 Jun 2025 |
| Lure |
LA Times Daily |
20 Jun 2025 |
| Dummy runner (5) |
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| Lure of the month, to some boys (5) |
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| Something green found in empty doorway is fake |
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| Allurement used when Ed gets coy |
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| Sitting duck? |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Feb 2025 |
| Bird or animal used as a lure when hunting (5) |
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| Wooden duck, maybe |
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| Diversionary tactic |
LA Times Daily |
22 Jan 2025 |
| Lure from English firm in extremes of difficulty (5) |
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| Fake duck, e.g., for a hunter |
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| _ Lakes, Cambs - a leading UK fishery with 11 lakes (5) |
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| Diversionary device |
Newsday |
29 Dec 2024 |
| Hunter's wooden duck |
Newsday |
16 Dec 2024 |
| Code devised by unknown character as bait (5) |
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| Wooden duck, e.g. |
New York Times Mini |
23 Nov 2024 |
| Name of Shohei Ohtani's social media-famous dog |
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| Misleading lure (5) |
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| Hunter's trick |
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| Owl statue on a barn, e.g. |
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| Hide coyote inside lure |
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| Lure |
Mirror Tea Time |
28 Aug 2024 |
| Hunter's diversion |
Universal |
12 Jul 2024 |
| Notes shrinking enticement (5) |
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| Perhaps a fatal attraction, ducky! |
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| A bait |
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| Odd duck, maybe? |
New York Times |
30 May 2024 |
| It may turn out fatally attractive to wild ducks |
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| A lure to entice persons away from the right course (5) |
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| Deceptive distraction (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
09 May 2024 |
| Misleading attraction of Christmas month initially over year |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
08 May 2024 |
| Lure into trap |
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| Code is broken - why, say it's a ruse (5) |
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| Code is broken ___ why, say it's a ruse (5) |
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| Intentional mislead |
New York Times Mini |
28 Mar 2024 |
| Huntsman's lure (5) |
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| Lure company to enter Germany, Spain and Norway ultimately (5) |
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| Warms up for the opening races (5) |
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| Hunter's fake duck |
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| Lure, bait |
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| A bait or enticement (5) |
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| Hunter's artificial duck |
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| PlusWord No 563 |
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| Duck hunter's lure |
Newsday |
25 Oct 2023 |
| Beguiling lure |
The Times Concise |
29 Jul 2023 |
| Hunter's plastic duck, e.g |
LA Times Daily |
24 Jul 2023 |
| Diversionary device |
Universal |
16 Jul 2023 |
| Inducement |
Newsday |
15 Jul 2023 |
| Faux fowl |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Jul 2023 |
| Wooden duck |
Universal |
20 Jun 2023 |
| Fake duck |
Universal |
10 Jan 2023 |
| Bit of deception used as a lure |
USA Today |
12 Nov 2022 |
| Shill |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Aug 2022 |
| Misleading thing |
Universal |
19 Feb 2022 |
| Fake drake |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Nov 2021 |
| Shill |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Nov 2021 |
| Fake drake |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Oct 2021 |
| Fake duck, e.g |
USA Today |
03 Sep 2021 |
| Lure to catch one out last month on the first and last of July |
Irish Times Crosaire |
28 Aug 2021 |
| Fake drake |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Aug 2021 |
| Lure of French affectedly shy |
The Sun Two Speed |
20 Jun 2021 |
| Shill |
The Washington Post |
13 Jun 2021 |
| Shill |
LA Times Daily |
13 Jun 2021 |
| Diversionary tactic |
Newsday |
15 May 2021 |
| Lure |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Apr 2021 |
| Wooden duck |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Apr 2021 |
| Item used for distraction |
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| Wooden duck |
Universal |
16 Feb 2021 |
| Red herring |
The Telegraph Quick |
20 Dec 2020 |
| Draw off |
Newsday |
02 Nov 2020 |
| Attraction for a duck |
Newsday |
31 Jul 2020 |
| It may fool you |
New York Times |
16 Apr 2020 |
| Fake duck, e.g |
USA Today |
16 Mar 2020 |
| Fake drake |
Newsday |
15 Mar 2020 |
| Misleading thing |
Universal |
06 Jan 2020 |
| Fake device |
Jonesin |
17 Dec 2019 |
| Hunter's plastic duck, e.g |
The Washington Post |
28 Oct 2019 |
| Hunter's plastic duck, e.g |
LA Times Daily |
28 Oct 2019 |
| Lure someone or something into a trap |
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| Lure of French, affectedly shy |
The Sun Two Speed |
18 Aug 2019 |
| Bait |
The Sun Two Speed |
18 Aug 2019 |
| Lure |
Canadiana |
15 Apr 2019 |
| Cause of a distraction |
The Washington Post Sunday |
14 Apr 2019 |
| Fake duck |
Thomas Joseph |
15 Mar 2019 |
| Hunter's plastic duck, e.g. |
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| Hunter's fake drake |
Newsday |
19 Dec 2018 |
| Lure used by hunters |
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| Hunter's lure or part of a trap |
|
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| Hunter's wooden duck |
Newsday |
08 Jan 2018 |
| Editor coming up with modest enticement |
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| Cork duck, e.g |
USA Today |
28 Sep 2017 |
| Diversionary device |
Newsday |
10 Sep 2017 |
| Inflatable duck, e.g |
USA Today |
22 Mar 2017 |
| Fake drake |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Mar 2017 |
| Undercover cop, perhaps |
The Washington Post |
10 Jan 2017 |
| Cork duck, e.g. |
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| Inflatable duck, e.g. |
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| Fake drake, say |
LA Times Daily |
19 Dec 2016 |
| Bait |
The Telegraph Quick |
29 Oct 2016 |
| Trap bait |
Jonesin |
04 Oct 2016 |
| Wooden duck |
Family Time |
18 Sep 2016 |
| Hunter's device |
Newsday |
12 Jun 2016 |
| Wooden duck |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Apr 2016 |
| New code for closing doorway is a temptation to others |
Irish Times Crosaire |
12 Mar 2016 |
| Hunter's device |
The Washington Post |
31 Dec 2015 |
| Hunter's device |
LA Times Daily |
02 Dec 2015 |
| Lure for game |
The Times Concise |
19 May 2015 |
| Sitting duck? |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Apr 2015 |
| Hunter's device |
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| Lure of French, affectedly shy |
|
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| Fake drake |
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| Deceptive military tactic |
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| Duck that's not a duck |
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| Wooden duck, e.g. |
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| Distracting duck |
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| Trapping strategy |
|
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| Undercover cop, at times |
|
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| Wooden duck |
|
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| Undercover cop, at times |
|
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| Part of a trap |
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| Hunter's lure |
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| Hunter's trick |
|
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| Hunter's trick |
|
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| Wooden duck |
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| Lure |
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| Lure into a trap |
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| Lure |
|
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| Fake drake |
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| Wooden duck |
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| Plastic duck, e.g. |
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| Fake drake |
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| Fake duck, e.g. |
|
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| Plastic duck, e.g. |
|
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| Fake drake, e.g. |
|
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| Police sting participant |
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| Entrap |
|
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| Fake drake, e.g. |
|
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| Duck hunter's ploy |
|
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| Blind |
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| Blind |
|
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| Duck hunter's lure |
|
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| Lure |
|
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| Hunter's lure |
|
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| It's distracting |
|
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| Enticement |
|
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| Hunter's lure |
|
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| It's not to be believed |
|
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| Tricker |
|
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| Fake drake, e.g. |
|
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| Wooden duck, say |
|
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| Duck hunter's lure |
|
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| Mock mallard |
|
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| Shill |
|
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| Undercover cop, at times |
|
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| Wooden duck, e.g. |
|
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| Duck hunter's ploy |
|
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| Duck blind attraction |
|
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| Undercover cop, at times |
|
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| Hunter's device |
|
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| Undercover cop, at times |
|
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| Sitting duck? |
|
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| Spurious aircraft |
|
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| Undercover cop, maybe |
|
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| Wood duck |
|
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| Fake drake |
|
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| Hunter's lure |
|
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| Duck that's not a duck |
|
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| Artificial duck used by a hunter |
|
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| Phony duck |
|
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| Sitting duck, maybe |
|
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| Fake drake |
|
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| Wooden duck |
|
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| Shill |
|
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| Fake drake |
|
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| Duck hunter's ploy |
|
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| Fake drake |
|
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| Duck with a blockhead? |
|
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| Lure |
|
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| Lodge decoration, perhaps |
|
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| Sitting duck? |
|
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| Faux teal |
|
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| Wooden duck, e.g. |
|
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| Undercover police officer, perhaps |
|
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| Shill |
|
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| Trick a duck |
|
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| Look-alike, maybe |
|
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| Inveigle, in a way |
|
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| Hunter's ruse |
|
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| Stalking horse |
|
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| Kind of blind |
|
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| Wooden duck |
|
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| Duck-hunter's need |
|
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| Wooden duck. |
|
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| Lure. |
|
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| Lure into a trap. |
|
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| Blind |
|
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| Wooden duck, for one. |
|
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| Thing often used with a call |
|
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| Kind of duck. |
|
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| Artificial bird. |
|
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| Hunter's device. |
|
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| Duck blind. |
|
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| Duck hunter's equipment. |
|
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| ___ duck. |
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