| Another name for a violin |
Puzzler Backwords |
21 Aug 2025 |
| Falsify (6) |
Mirror Classic |
14 Aug 2025 |
| Instrumental in making a swindle effective (6) |
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| Fit as a ___ |
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| Tinker with a bow? (6) |
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| Cheap violin |
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| Scam (6) |
The Guardian Quick |
14 Apr 2025 |
| Another name for a violin |
Puzzler Backwords |
24 Mar 2025 |
| Cheat while playing the violin? (6) |
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| Instrument of petty fraud? (6) |
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| As fit as a - - -, simile |
Mirror Tea Time |
23 Jan 2025 |
| Fidget with your violin (6) |
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| An instrument one can trifle with? (6) |
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| Fidget with something (6) |
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| Trifle with what the bowman uses (6) |
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| One may take a bow before and after using it! (6) |
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| Tinker or fidget |
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| A petty swindle one might get to play with a bow (6) |
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| Fit as a ___ |
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| Cheat on the violin? (6) |
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| Did some elf cheat the books or just string along? |
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| Fraud; violin |
The Telegraph Quick |
06 Nov 2024 |
| Tinker about with a violin (6) |
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| Instrument can be obtained for a trifle (6) |
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| Country orfolk violin (6) |
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| Mindlessly tamper or fidget with |
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| Fit as a ___ |
USA Today |
17 Sep 2024 |
| Scammer or musician on it? (6) |
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| Manipulate stringed instrument (6) |
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| Play - but cheat |
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| The great Stradivarius swindle? (6) |
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| Instrument for tricky operation |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
29 Jul 2024 |
| Hustle elf did, being mischievous (6) |
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| Cheating, fraud |
Puzzler Backwords |
24 Jul 2024 |
| Dossier about man staying sober is a fraud |
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| Manipulate thing with a bow? (6) |
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| Another name for a violin |
Puzzler Backwords |
15 Jul 2024 |
| Fit as one? |
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| An instrument to practise dishonestly (6) |
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| Waste time for two days in portfolio (6) |
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| Swindle out of an instrument (6) |
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| Falsify |
The Sun Mini |
25 May 2024 |
| Play around with an instrument (6) |
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| A racket that has tightly stretched strings (6) |
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| Colloquial term for violin |
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| Second instrument? |
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| Cook trifle |
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| Violin played as a folk instrument |
Mirror Quiz |
01 Apr 2024 |
| Aly Bain's instrument (6) |
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| Fraud involving violin |
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| What the bowman uses is a swindle! (6) |
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| Illegal instrument? (6) |
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| Wangle dead ends into new life! |
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| Stringed instrument |
The Times Concise |
06 Feb 2024 |
| Swindle played by a musician (6) |
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| To trifle |
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| Aimlessly toy with instrument (6) |
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| Aimlessly toy with instrument |
The Guardian Cryptic |
29 Jan 2024 |
| Instrument; fraud (6) |
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| Instrument; fraud |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 Jan 2024 |
| Fit as a ___ |
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| Violin |
Puzzler Backwords |
03 Dec 2023 |
| See 7-Across |
Universal |
18 Oct 2023 |
| Bluegrass instrument |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Sep 2023 |
| Distractedly play (with); falsify (accounts) |
The Times Concise |
29 Jul 2023 |
| Alter dishonestly |
The Guardian Quick |
22 Jun 2023 |
| Row about theologian being a fraud |
The Times Cryptic |
01 Jul 2022 |
| Square dance instrument |
Thomas Joseph |
24 May 2022 |
| Cheat; instrument |
The Times Concise |
20 May 2022 |
| Racket — that has strings attached |
The Times Cryptic |
12 May 2022 |
| Falsify (figures); violin |
The Times Concise |
30 Dec 2021 |
| Female taking the part of male in mean con |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
11 Oct 2021 |
| Racket that has strings |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
11 Sep 2021 |
| Bluegrass instrument |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Aug 2021 |
| Fraudulent instrument? |
Irish Times Simplex |
13 Aug 2021 |
| Instrument with a neck that's crooked |
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| Doctor and theologian mentioned in case notes |
Irish Times Crosaire |
18 Aug 2020 |
| World chess body admits limits of diagonal play |
The Telegraph Toughie |
10 Jul 2020 |
| Violin |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 May 2020 |
| Do two days on board train |
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| Doctor and theologian mentioned in column |
Irish Times Crosaire |
31 Aug 2019 |
| Falsify; violin |
The Times Concise |
26 Aug 2019 |
| Scam exposed by theologian dipping into dossier |
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| Theologian in the papers for fraud |
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| Tinker (with) |
New York Times |
23 Dec 2018 |
| Toy instrument |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Nov 2018 |
| Country instrument |
Universal |
04 Oct 2018 |
| Violin's alias that's a staple in country music |
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| Female with central part, but not lead, in play |
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| 16 down‘s daughters must be kept in line |
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| Heart shown with initial change of sex — tricky operation |
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| Tinker (with) |
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| Country instrument |
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| Dishonest action that has strings attached? |
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| Cheat's set of papers opened by doctor |
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| Duke and duchess kept in line by cook |
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| Fraudulent instrument? |
Irish Times Simplex |
06 Jul 2017 |
| Doctor breaks tool in tricky operation |
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| Toy instrument |
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| One's played the fraud |
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| Tinker with instrument |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Aug 2016 |
| It takes a bow |
USA Today |
24 Dec 2015 |
| A fit comparison |
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| Cook's dossier gone into by theologian |
The Times Cryptic |
11 Nov 2015 |
| Falsify dossier to frame religious scholar |
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| Awkward task for doctor |
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| Religious academic stands in line to bow and scrape |
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| Tamper with instrument |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
24 Jul 2015 |
| Tinker's dossier covering two days |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
13 May 2015 |
| Dossier about theologian being cheat |
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| It takes a bow |
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| Exemplar of fitness |
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| Toy violin scam |
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| Theologian in box in play |
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| Instrument |
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| Epitome of fitness |
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| Member of the violin family |
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| Square dance violin |
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| Tinker (with) |
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| Square-dance instrument |
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| Paragon of fitness |
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| Epitome of fitness |
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| Housetop instrument? |
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| Nero's instrument |
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| Musical instrument. |
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| Waste (time): Colloq. |
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