Word "SPIV" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a person without employment who makes money by various dubious schemes; goes about smartly dressed and having a good time

Crossword Clues for SPIV

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Dodgy dealer (4) Mirror Quick 24 Feb 2026
VIPs upset black market character (4) Mirror Cryptic 24 Feb 2026
Dodgy dealer found in "axis pivot" The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 05 Jan 2026
Strictly's first celebrity turned wide boy The Telegraph Cryptic 24 Dec 2025
Dodgy dealer bowling top people over The Times Cryptic 01 Sep 2025
VIPs overturned black market character (4) Mirror Cryptic 19 Aug 2025
Dodgy dealer (4) Mirror Quick 19 Aug 2025
No ordinary people rejected this dodgy dealer The Times Cryptic 24 Jul 2025
Celebrities backing black marketeer
Private Walker's "occupation" in Dad's Army The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 25 Feb 2025
Flashy celebrities turn up (4)
Informal term for one earning money from shady dealings (4)
Shady businessman
Bigwigs upset by a con man (4)
Wide boy has upset bigwigs
Primarily squalid purveyor, illicit vendor? (4)
Slebs back wide boy (4)
Black marketeer sending bigwigs back (4)
Public figures recalled idler (4)
Petty criminal who deals in black market goods (4)
Ostentatious double-dealer (4)
Wide boy and dignitaries turning up (4) The Guardian Cryptic 16 Sep 2024
Black marketeer, informally (4)
Term for dealer in black market goods, particularly during World War II. (4-)
Illicit marketeer sending bigwigs back (4) Puzzler Cryptic 20 Aug 2024
Disreputable dealer held up celebrities (4)
Black-marketeer Mirror Quick 08 Jun 2024
Dodgy dealer upsetting VIPs Mirror Cryptic 08 Jun 2024
Flashy person who makes money by various dubious schemes (4)
Black-market hawker (4)
WWII wide boy (4)
Flash dealer, such as Private Walker in Dad's Army (4)
Black marketeer, slang (4)
Shady dealer with small celebrity backing
Black marketeer betting on four
Wide boy The Telegraph Quick 24 Sep 2023
I nearly forgot about one very dodgy dealer The Guardian Cryptic 29 Jun 2023
Shady dealer The Times Concise 06 Jun 2023
Dodgy dealer The Telegraph Quick 08 Apr 2023
Wide boy seeking profit in villainy, primarily The Times Cryptic 31 May 2022
Dodgy character turned over celebrities The Guardian Cryptic 01 Apr 2022
Dodgy character turned over celebrities
Marketeer's minimal stock purchased in Vienna The Times Cryptic 25 Feb 2022
People in COVID contract fast lane upset person who usually cashes in unscrupulously
Shady type important people recalled
Black marketeer dignitaries turned around
Disreputable dealer The Sun Two Speed 16 Oct 2020
Black marketeer dignitaries upset The Sun Two Speed 16 Oct 2020
Big shots turning up in Aussie lair once
Black-marketeer that would upset the elite
Sun's leader, page 4, such a disreputable character!
Small-time British crook
Small-time British crook LA Times Daily 05 May 2019
Petty criminal seen at South Pole, initially, with four Romans following
Small-time British crook
Black marketeer dignitaries rebuffed The Sun Two Speed 22 May 2018
Flashy black-marketeer The Times Concise 04 May 2018
Wide boy The Guardian Speedy 11 Mar 2018
Dodgy dealer The Telegraph Quick 27 Feb 2018
Flashy dresser who makes a living by dubious means
Dodgy dealer The Times Concise 28 Jan 2018
Special people back petty thief
Eminent guests back the black marketeer The Sun Two Speed 05 Jan 2018
Black marketeer The Sun Two Speed 05 Jan 2018
Petty criminal
Dodgy dealer could get top brass upset
Wide boy The Telegraph Quick 18 Sep 2017
Big shots turn over this rogue trader
Dodgy dealer turns celebrities' heads
Dodgy dealer bringing big names up
Some line cutters, in brief New York Times 02 Feb 2017
Some line cutters, in brief
Wide boy's odds on girl getting rise The Times Cryptic 12 Aug 2016
Wide boy's odds on girl getting rise
Petty criminal knocks over celebrities
Dodgy seller of big cheeses returned
Flashily-dressed man
Dodgy dealer's return from knobs
Soho swindler
Shady salesman The Telegraph Quick 08 May 2015
Dodgy dealer important people returned to see
Important people will turn to a shady character The Telegraph Cryptic 16 Feb 2015
Petty thief, in England
Petty criminal, in Britain
Shady dealer
British race-track tout
Soho sharper
Petty thief, to a Brit
Racetrack tout, in England
Hanger-on, in Britain
Slacker: Brit.
English sharpie.
British black-marketeer: Slang.
British blackmarketeer.
British slacker.
Black marketeer: Brit. slang.
British black-marketeer.
Petty thief: Brit. slang.
Slacker: Brit. Slang.
Black marketeer, in British slang.
Black market man: Gr. Britain.
Black marketeer: British slang.
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