| Fool expected to seize power |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
12 Mar 2026 |
| Outfox |
Universal |
17 Feb 2026 |
| Patsy expected to absorb pressure |
The Times Cryptic |
09 Feb 2026 |
| Deceive, trick |
Puzzler Backwords |
01 Jan 2026 |
| Fool or con |
|
|
| Knockoff version |
LA Times Daily |
03 Dec 2025 |
| Hoodwink |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Nov 2025 |
| Deceive (4) |
Mirror Quick |
15 Nov 2025 |
| Victim of the French exercise |
Mirror Cryptic |
15 Nov 2025 |
| Deceive or trick someone |
|
|
| Swindle |
USA Today |
02 Nov 2025 |
| Copy, informally |
Universal |
18 Oct 2025 |
| Defraud (4) |
Puzzler |
02 Oct 2025 |
| Deceive, mislead |
The Times Concise |
11 Sep 2025 |
| Fool with a trick |
Newsday |
01 Sep 2025 |
| Copy, informally |
LA Times Daily |
27 Aug 2025 |
| Pull a fast one on |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Aug 2025 |
| Unwitting victim |
Newsday |
17 Aug 2025 |
| Trick expected to involve Penny |
The Telegraph Toughie |
15 Aug 2025 |
| Deceive |
The Telegraph Quick |
14 Aug 2025 |
| Deceive, trick |
Puzzler Backwords |
10 Aug 2025 |
| Hoodwink (4) |
Puzzler |
07 Aug 2025 |
| Take in |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Jul 2025 |
| Copy, for short |
Commuter |
04 Jul 2025 |
| Fool |
New York Times |
29 Jun 2025 |
| Hoodwink (4) |
Mirror Classic |
13 Jun 2025 |
| One taken in quietly in being owed (4) |
|
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| Pseud with no end of tricks upset gullible type (4) |
|
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| Patsy may be a twin (4) |
|
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| Fool |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Apr 2025 |
| Fool held up everything? Not all of it |
The Telegraph Toughie |
17 Apr 2025 |
| Fool expected to seize power |
The Times Cryptic |
16 Apr 2025 |
| Deceive |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 Apr 2025 |
| Pull one over on |
LA Times Daily |
07 Apr 2025 |
| Fool or defraud (4) |
|
|
| Hoodwink |
Mirror Classic |
06 Apr 2025 |
| Deceive or trick someone |
|
|
| Fool, trick (4) |
|
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| Deceive |
|
|
| Deceive, trick |
Puzzler Backwords |
13 Mar 2025 |
| Deceive |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Mar 2025 |
| Brand's knock-off |
|
|
| Deceive |
The Times Sunday Concise |
16 Feb 2025 |
| Hoodwink gull (4) |
|
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| Hoax |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 Feb 2025 |
| Victim of deception (4) |
|
|
| Trick |
New York Times |
28 Jan 2025 |
| Trick, cheat |
Puzzler Backwords |
24 Jan 2025 |
| Take in some hard-up emigres (4) |
|
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| Prince is taken in by outstanding trick (4) |
|
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| Gull in a way gets the wind up easily (4) |
|
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| Victim of trickery expected to hold power |
|
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| Hoodwink |
Puzzler Backwords |
23 Dec 2024 |
| Deceive |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
18 Dec 2024 |
| Fool |
LA Times Daily |
15 Dec 2024 |
| Swindle |
USA Today |
26 Nov 2024 |
| Person easily deceived |
|
|
| Hoodwink |
Mirror Classic |
16 Nov 2024 |
| Defraud |
Puzzler Backwords |
15 Nov 2024 |
| In Urdu, perhaps, it means "fool" (4) |
|
|
| Deceived person expounds reversal of every second (4) |
|
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| Trick up in dire extremes (4) |
|
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| Swindle |
Newsday |
11 Oct 2024 |
| Trick, cheat |
Puzzler Backwords |
05 Oct 2024 |
| Owed about one penny in trick |
|
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| Hoodwink |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Oct 2024 |
| Fool, mousse, pudding served up - just a bit |
|
|
| Fool or con |
|
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| Con, fool |
Puzzler Backwords |
18 Sep 2024 |
| One taken in owing to inclusion of parking sign (4) |
|
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| One who is cheated (4) |
|
|
| Sucker - swindle (4) |
The Guardian Quick |
04 Sep 2024 |
| Sucker a swindle (4) |
|
|
| Hoodwink |
TV |
01 Sep 2024 |
| Deceive, trick |
Puzzler Backwords |
04 Jul 2024 |
| In the end, up early enough to cheat (4) |
|
|
| Person deceived into making a copy? (4) |
|
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| Hoodwink |
LA Times Daily |
17 Jun 2024 |
| Fool, take advantage of (4) |
|
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| Cheap counterfeit |
|
|
| Take in some who end up extremely poor (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
10 Apr 2024 |
| Cheaper alternative, in TikTok parlance |
|
|
| Bamboozle, beguile or gyp |
|
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| Deceive or trick someone |
|
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| Scam or trick (rhymes with "goop") |
|
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| Con, fool |
Puzzler Backwords |
24 Feb 2024 |
| Hoodwink |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Feb 2024 |
| Cheat out of being fed up every time (4) |
|
|
| Trick bamboozle |
|
|
| Muggins scheduled to pocket small amount of money (4) |
|
|
| Hoodwink |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Jan 2024 |
| Fool somewhat mixed-up Europhile |
|
|
| Hoodwink |
The Times Concise |
30 Nov 2023 |
| Trick, deceive |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 Nov 2023 |
| Trick, cheat |
Puzzler Backwords |
10 Nov 2023 |
| Replica, informally |
New York Times |
08 Nov 2023 |
| Pull a fast one on |
New York Times |
04 Sep 2023 |
| Trick |
The Guardian Quick |
29 Aug 2023 |
| Hoodwink |
Universal |
17 Aug 2023 |
| Make a fool of |
Newsday |
07 Jun 2023 |
| English dessert, after turnover, is fool |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
10 May 2023 |
| Play a trick on |
Newsday |
04 Apr 2023 |
| Take in |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Mar 2023 |
| Sucker for a fictional story line |
New York Times |
17 Feb 2023 |
| Play for a fool |
Family Time |
16 Jan 2023 |
| Pull a fast one on |
Newsday |
02 Jan 2023 |
| Sucker |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Nov 2022 |
| Trick |
LA Times Daily |
20 Aug 2022 |
| Deceive |
The Times Concise |
08 May 2022 |
| Delude |
USA Today |
07 May 2022 |
| Fool in Belfast party taking recreational drug |
The Times Cryptic |
26 Apr 2022 |
| Make a fool of |
Newsday |
13 Apr 2022 |
| Sap |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Mar 2022 |
| Hornswoggle |
|
|
| Hornswoggle |
LA Times Daily |
16 Mar 2022 |
| Deceive, trick |
The Times Concise |
28 Feb 2022 |
| Hoodwink |
USA Today |
12 Feb 2022 |
| Fool, hoax |
|
|
| Hoodwink |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Jan 2022 |
| Deceive |
USA Today |
15 Dec 2021 |
| Take in |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Dec 2021 |
| Hoodwink |
Eugene Sheffer |
17 Nov 2021 |
| Scam artist's victim |
Universal |
27 Oct 2021 |
| Take in |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Oct 2021 |
| Hoodwink |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Aug 2021 |
| One getting suckered |
New York Times |
17 Aug 2021 |
| Pull a fast one on |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Aug 2021 |
| Copy, in brief |
Newsday |
29 Jul 2021 |
| Trick |
New York Times |
12 Jul 2021 |
| Trick of the French to forego training |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
18 Jun 2021 |
| Deceive, or a victim of deceit |
|
|
| Hoodwink |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 May 2021 |
| Hoodwink |
Premier Sunday |
25 Apr 2021 |
| Fool appointed to carry piano |
|
|
| Play a trick on |
Newsday |
07 Apr 2021 |
| Protestant grouping acquires base in 23 |
The Telegraph Toughie |
01 Apr 2021 |
| Fool |
|
|
| Fool |
LA Times Daily |
25 Jan 2021 |
| Take in |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Nov 2020 |
| Deceive |
USA Today |
18 Nov 2020 |
| Bamboozle |
The Sun Two Speed |
26 Oct 2020 |
| Chump expected to seize power |
The Sun Two Speed |
26 Oct 2020 |
| Hoodwink |
The Guardian Speedy |
04 Oct 2020 |
| Hoodwink |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Sep 2020 |
| Put one over on, cod |
|
|
| Trick somewhat clued-up electorate |
The Sun Two Speed |
31 Aug 2020 |
| Scam victim |
Newsday |
21 Aug 2020 |
| Fool somewhat mixed-up Etonian |
The Sun Two Speed |
10 Jul 2020 |
| Swindle |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Jun 2020 |
| Hoodwink |
Universal |
16 Mar 2020 |
| Fool or con |
|
|
| Fool expected to seize power |
|
|
| Hoodwink |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Dec 2019 |
| Patsy rejected last slice of Yorkshire pudding |
The Telegraph Toughie |
11 Dec 2019 |
| Take for a ride |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Nov 2019 |
| Pull a fast one on |
USA Today |
16 Nov 2019 |
| Chump expected to seize power |
|
|
| Fool |
|
|
| Fool |
New York Times |
16 Oct 2019 |
| It's not part of dispute with pushover |
|
|
| Rejected a portion of rice pudding and fool |
|
|
| Use chicanery on |
Family Time |
29 Jul 2019 |
| Put one over on |
LA Times Daily |
01 Jul 2019 |
| Put one over on |
|
|
| Fool |
Universal |
11 Jun 2019 |
| Trick somewhat mixed-up engineer |
The Sun Two Speed |
22 Apr 2019 |
| Deceive |
New York Times |
16 Apr 2019 |
| Deceive; fool |
The Times Concise |
01 Apr 2019 |
| Deceive |
Newsday |
26 Mar 2019 |
| Puppet of political party on right of course |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
13 Mar 2019 |
| Short copy? |
|
|
| Short copy? |
LA Times Daily |
22 Feb 2019 |
| Short copy? |
|
|
| Fool |
|
|
| Put one over on |
|
|
| Deceive |
|
|
| Easy mark |
|
|
| Swindler's victim |
|
|
| Deceive |
LA Times Daily |
18 Nov 2018 |
| Deceive |
|
|
| . Tool of the French exercise |
|
|
| Fool expected to assume power |
|
|
| Mislead knowingly |
Universal |
31 Aug 2018 |
| Gull |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Jun 2018 |
| Carbon copy, for short |
USA Today |
31 May 2018 |
| Bamboozle |
Premier Sunday |
08 Apr 2018 |
| Sucker |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Feb 2018 |
| Con victim |
Universal |
29 Jan 2018 |
| Hoodwink |
Family Time |
22 Jan 2018 |
| Con victim |
|
|
| Gull |
|
|
| Deceive |
|
|
| Carbon copy, for short |
|
|
| Mislead knowingly |
|
|
| Take in unionist party, having lost majority in vote |
The Telegraph Toughie |
29 Dec 2017 |
| Fool or con |
|
|
| Gullible one |
Family Time |
27 Nov 2017 |
| Con |
LA Times Daily |
02 Nov 2017 |
| Con |
|
|
| Flimflam object |
|
|
| One taken for a fool |
|
|
| One taken for a fool |
LA Times Daily |
06 Sep 2017 |
| Chump or sap |
Universal |
05 Sep 2017 |
| Trick unionists' alliance, ultimately |
|
|
| Make a sucker of |
USA Today |
14 Jul 2017 |
| Chump expected to keep quiet |
|
|
| Scammer's victim |
USA Today |
02 Jun 2017 |
| Trick |
|
|
| Trick |
LA Times Daily |
21 May 2017 |
| Con English opens party |
|
|
| Trick expected to take in chump finally |
|
|
| Fool as expected seizing power |
The Telegraph Toughie |
28 Feb 2017 |
| Play for a sucker |
LA Times Daily |
21 Feb 2017 |
| Flimflam object |
|
|
| One taken for a fool |
|
|
| Con |
|
|
| Trick |
|
|
| Scammer's victim |
|
|
| Pull a fast one on |
|
|
| Make a sucker of |
|
|
| Chump or sap |
|
|
| Put something over on |
Newsday |
04 Dec 2016 |
| Bamboozle |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Sep 2016 |
| Bamboozle |
LA Times Daily |
28 Aug 2016 |
| Trick |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 Aug 2016 |
| Cat's-paw |
USA Today |
05 Aug 2016 |
| Fool, hoax |
|
|
| Take in |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Jul 2016 |
| Patsy English opens party |
|
|
| Fool wanting to be paid to admit parking |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
13 Jun 2016 |
| Hoodwink |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Mar 2016 |
| Bamboozle |
|
|
| Cat's-paw |
|
|
| Hornswoggle |
Premier Sunday |
29 Nov 2015 |
| Power within grasp of outstanding kid |
The Times Cryptic |
30 Oct 2015 |
| Patsy |
Newsday |
29 Oct 2015 |
| Hornswoggle |
USA Today |
17 Oct 2015 |
| Play for a fool |
Newsday |
09 Oct 2015 |
| Put one over on |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Oct 2015 |
| Deceive, trick |
The Times Concise |
28 Sep 2015 |
| Fool or hoax |
|
|
| Patsy‘s English, looked down on by Irish party |
|
|
| Stooge |
Newsday |
20 Aug 2015 |
| Fool expected to carry cash |
|
|
| Unwitting victim |
Newsday |
31 Jul 2015 |
| Bamboozle |
USA Today |
29 May 2015 |
| Copy |
USA Today |
13 May 2015 |
| Fool expected to seize power |
The Telegraph Toughie |
01 May 2015 |
| Easy mark |
Newsday |
24 Apr 2015 |
| Person who is swindled |
USA Today |
10 Mar 2015 |
| Swindle |
|
|
| Easy mark |
|
|
| Unwitting victim |
|
|
| Stooge |
|
|
| Play for a fool |
|
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| Patsy |
|
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| Hornswoggle |
|
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| Swindle |
|
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| Sucker |
|
|
| Copy |
|
|
| Bamboozle |
|
|
| Person who is swindled |
|
|
| Take in |
|
|
| Hoodwink |
|
|
| Deceive |
|
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| Hornswoggle |
|
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| Scam victim |
|
|
| Easy scam prey |
|
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| Deceive |
|
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| Hoodwink |
|
|
| Con game victim |
|
|
| Swindle |
|
|
| Hornswoggle |
|
|
| Play a trick on |
|
|
| Make a fool of |
|
|
| Bamboozle |
|
|
| Double, informally |
|
|
| Patsy |
|
|
| Tool or fool |
|
|
| Hornswoggle |
|
|
| Patsy |
|
|
| Pigeon |
|
|
| Delude |
|
|
| Easily misled person |
|
|
| Bamboozle |
|
|
| Replica |
|
|
| Use chicanery on |
|
|
| Delude |
|
|
| Defraud |
|
|
| Pull a fast one on |
|
|
| Victim of a con |
|
|
| Con |
|
|
| Pushover |
|
|
| Soft touch |
|
|
| Con |
|
|
| Take for a ride |
|
|
| Suck in |
|
|
| Take for a ride |
|
|
| Scam victim |
|
|
| Trick |
|
|
| Sucker |
|
|
| Mislead knowingly |
|
|
| Make a fool of |
|
|
| Use chicanery on |
|
|
| Use chicanery on |
|
|
| Bamboozle |
|
|
| Tool or fool |
|
|
| Sucker |
|
|
| Hoodwink |
|
|
| Tool or fool |
|
|
| Fool |
|
|
| Fool |
|
|
| Make a fool of |
|
|
| Play for a sucker |
|
|
| Bamboozle |
|
|
| Play for a fool |
|
|
| Cat's-paw |
|
|
| Snooker |
|
|
| Easy mark |
|
|
| Snooker |
|
|
| Con |
|
|
| Cat's-paw |
|
|
| Bamboozle |
|
|
| Suck in |
|
|
| Con game victim |
|
|
| Fall guy |
|
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| Con |
|
|
| Suck in |
|
|
| Short copy? |
|
|
| Con game victim |
|
|
| Hoodwink |
|
|
| Pigeon |
|
|
| Fall guy |
|
|
| Put one over on |
|
|
| Patsy |
|
|
| Hornswoggle |
|
|
| Easy mark |
|
|
| Chump |
|
|
| Trick |
|
|
| Pull a fast one on |
|
|
| Figure of fun |
|
|
| Unwitting accomplice |
|
|
| Copy, for short |
|
|
| Sucker |
|
|
| Sucker |
|
|
| Put one over on |
|
|
| Stinger target |
|
|
| Hornswoggle |
|
|
| Trick |
|
|
| Swindle |
|
|
| One who's suckered |
|
|
| Take in |
|
|
| Victim of a prank |
|
|
| Gull |
|
|
| Gullible one |
|
|
| Cat's-paw |
|
|
| Hoodwink |
|
|
| Play for a fool |
|
|
| Snooker |
|
|
| Copy |
|
|
| Pawn |
|
|
| Gullible one |
|
|
| Pawn |
|
|
| Pigeon |
|
|
| Hoodwink |
|
|
| Unwitting one |
|
|
| Cat's-paw |
|
|
| Trick |
|
|
| Short copy? |
|
|
| Victim of 26 Down |
|
|
| Sucker |
|
|
| Scam victim |
|
|
| Con |
|
|
| Patsy |
|
|
| Gullible one |
|
|
| Fake out |
|
|
| Take in |
|
|
| Play for a fool |
|
|
| Deceive |
|
|
| Gull |
|
|
| Gullible one |
|
|
| Cheat |
|
|
| Deceive |
|
|
| Patsy |
|
|
| Con |
|
|
| Put one over on |
|
|
| Chump |
|
|
| Mislead |
|
|
| Victim of a con |
|
|
| Patsy |
|
|
| Hoodwink |
|
|
| Gull |
|
|
| Chump |
|
|
| Bamboozle |
|
|
| Con man's mark |
|
|
| Beguile |
|
|
| Cat's-paw |
|
|
| Carbon copy, for short |
|
|
| Trick |
|
|
| Easy mark |
|
|
| Deceive. |
|
|
| Bamboozle. |
|
|
| Gulled party. |
|
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| Tool. |
|
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| Hoodwink. |
|
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| Cheat. |
|
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| Puppet. |
|
|
| Exact copy, in printer's slang. |
|
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| Gullible one. |
|
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| Cat's-paw. |
|
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| Cats-paw. |
|
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| Gull. |
|
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| Trick. |
|
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| Victim. |
|
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