| Deception, swindle |
Puzzler Backwords |
23 Oct 2025 |
| Embezzlement by Munich wife with diamonds (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
13 Aug 2025 |
| German woman beginning to detect criminal deception |
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| Scam by German woman and daughter (5) |
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| Deliberate deceit (5) |
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| Cheat, impostor |
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| Fired every other one found pinching gold - it's deceitful |
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| Swiz |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 Mar 2025 |
| Deception of Berlin wife and daughter (5) |
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| Swindle the German woman and daughters (5) |
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| Target of some whistle-blowing |
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| Con artist (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
05 Feb 2025 |
| Hoax |
LA Times Mini |
17 Jan 2025 |
| Deceitful crime |
Commuter |
08 Jan 2025 |
| Monetary deception |
Puzzler Backwords |
04 Jan 2025 |
| Deceptive trickery |
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| Scam |
The Telegraph Quick |
23 Dec 2024 |
| Credit card crime |
Universal |
23 Dec 2024 |
| Criminal deception of an artist in a bit of a fuddle (5) |
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| Charlatan, cheat (5) |
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| Deception from artist for all to see in France and Germany (5) |
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| German woman started deliberate deception (5) |
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| Oddly formal Urdu is fake |
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| "The ___" (2023 best-seller by Zadie Smith) |
LA Times Mini |
16 Oct 2024 |
| Swindle the German woman and daughter (5) |
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| Swindle revealed by German woman and daughter |
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| Fake |
LA Times Daily |
15 Sep 2024 |
| Criminal deception |
Mirror Tea Time |
07 Sep 2024 |
| Criminal deception |
Commuter |
31 Aug 2024 |
| Phony |
LA Times Daily |
16 Jul 2024 |
| 3, for instance (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
12 Jul 2024 |
| Criminal deception of German woman and daughter |
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| German lady starting to discover hoax (5) |
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| Swindle |
The Telegraph Mini |
28 Jun 2024 |
| Corporate crime |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Jun 2024 |
| Something false or spurious (5) |
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| German wife died, a crime (5) |
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| Deception, swindle |
Puzzler Backwords |
17 Apr 2024 |
| Quack |
Universal |
02 Mar 2024 |
| Con German woman leading her country |
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| Phony |
USA Today |
28 Feb 2024 |
| Swindle German wife and daughter |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
26 Jan 2024 |
| Identity theft, for one |
New York Times |
21 Jan 2024 |
| German-speaking woman with duke is an impostor (5) |
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| Cooking the books. (5) |
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| Impostor married German woman and died (5) |
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| Deception |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Nov 2023 |
| Crime of deception |
USA Today |
16 Oct 2023 |
| Brother gets over Dutch scam |
The Guardian Cryptic |
18 Sep 2023 |
| Criminal deception |
USA Today |
21 Jul 2023 |
| Phisher's crime |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Jun 2023 |
| Con artist's crime |
Family Time |
05 Jun 2023 |
| Con artist's crime |
Family Time |
24 Apr 2023 |
| Charlatan |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Feb 2023 |
| Deception |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Nov 2022 |
| Cheat, deception |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 Sep 2022 |
| Flimflam |
Premier Sunday |
12 Jun 2022 |
| Intentional deception resulting in injury to another person |
Irish Times Simplex |
19 May 2022 |
| Con artist oddly found outside |
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| Charlatan |
The Times Concise |
05 Dec 2021 |
| Married woman at forefront of her country's crime |
The Telegraph Toughie |
25 Nov 2021 |
| Criminal deception |
The Times Concise |
23 Oct 2021 |
| Married woman initially detecting crime |
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| Illegal deceit |
Newsday |
03 Oct 2021 |
| White-collar crime |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Jun 2021 |
| Forging a signature, e.g |
USA Today |
10 Feb 2021 |
| Criminal deception |
USA Today |
30 Nov 2020 |
| It may start with phishing |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Nov 2020 |
| “So glistered the dire snake, and into ____ / Led Eve, our credulous mother, to the tree” (Milton) |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
02 Feb 2020 |
| Bunco-squad concern |
Newsday |
27 Dec 2019 |
| Fiddle with French car that's dropping back |
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| Businessman's crime |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Oct 2019 |
| Swindle |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Sep 2019 |
| German woman departs to see swindler |
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| White-collar crime |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Aug 2019 |
| Deceitful practice |
Newsday |
03 Apr 2019 |
| Ponzi scheme, e.g |
The Washington Post |
15 Jan 2019 |
| Ponzi scheme, e.g |
LA Times Daily |
15 Jan 2019 |
| White-collar crime |
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| Ponzi scheme, e.g. |
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| Charlatan |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Aug 2018 |
| Hustle |
Newsday |
04 Aug 2018 |
| Swindle foreign woman and daughter |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
08 Apr 2018 |
| Charlatan |
The Times Concise |
08 Apr 2018 |
| Scam |
New York Times |
12 Mar 2018 |
| Scam |
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| Union member translated duck's opening quack |
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| Illegal deceit |
Newsday |
15 Aug 2017 |
| Con artist's crime |
New York Times |
28 Jun 2017 |
| Swindling foreign woman gets close to dad |
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| Madoff's offense |
USA Today |
16 Mar 2017 |
| Businessperson's crime |
Universal |
14 Feb 2017 |
| Fake psychoanalyst having change of heart |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
22 Jan 2017 |
| Businessperson's crime |
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| Madoff's offense |
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| Con artist's crime |
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| Scam |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Nov 2016 |
| Charlatan |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 Sep 2016 |
| Criminal deception |
The Times Concise |
06 Sep 2016 |
| Target of blue sky laws |
LA Times Daily |
11 Mar 2016 |
| Con artist's crime |
Universal |
19 Dec 2015 |
| Charlatan |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Oct 2015 |
| German woman supported by daughter in crime |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
25 Aug 2015 |
| Con artist's crime |
Family Time |
18 May 2015 |
| Ponzi scheme, e.g |
New York Times |
02 Mar 2015 |
| Super duper |
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| Charlatan |
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| Ponzi scheme, e.g. |
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| Con artist's crime |
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| Mountebank |
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| A cheat |
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| Illegal trickery |
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| Swindler's crime |
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| Deceit |
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| Flimflammer's felony |
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| Swindle |
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| German woman and daughter in act of deception |
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| Hoax |
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| Charlatan |
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| Deceit |
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| Con artist's crime |
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| Dupery |
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| Flimflam |
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| Hoax |
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| Hoax |
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| Criminal trickery |
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| Impostor |
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| Charlatan |
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| Charlatan |
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| Bunco-squad concern |
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| Deceptive crime |
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| Whistle-blower's exposure |
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| Hoax |
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| Whistle-blower's exposure |
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| Businessman's crime |
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| Impostor |
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| Charlatan |
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| One skilled at taking in |
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| Better Business Bureau subject |
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| One skilled at taking in |
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| Dupery |
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| Illegal activity |
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| Swindler |
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| Swindler |
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| Ponzi scheme, e.g. |
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| Whistle-blower's exposure |
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| FTC concern |
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| Subject of an S.E.C. inquiry |
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| Con artist's scam |
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| Jiggery-pokery |
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| Deception |
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| Milken's offense |
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| White-collar crime |
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| Potemkin village |
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| Criminal deception |
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| Bunco squad's concern |
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| Trickery |
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| Better Business Bureau subject |
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| 96 Scam |
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| Mountebank |
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| Consumer affairs topic |
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| Quack |
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| Business misbehavior |
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| Consumer affairs topic |
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| Con job |
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| Mountebank |
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| Poseur |
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| Great pretender |
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| Chicanery |
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| Humbug |
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| Con job |
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| Imposter |
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| Duplicity. |
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| Sharp practice. |
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| Impostor |
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| Deceit |
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| Humbug. |
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| Cheater. |
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| Impostor. |
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| South Sea Bubble, for one. |
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| Artifice. |
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| Ponzi's forte. |
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| Cheat. |
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| South Sea Bubble, for example. |
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| Imposture |
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