| Polite goons roughed up police informer (5,6) |
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| Implement bird on section with grass (5-6) |
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| He may turn on a friend |
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| Is the decoy a sitting bird? (5,6) |
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| Dummy bird used as a decoy (5,6) |
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| Informant, betrayer (5,6) |
Puzzler |
30 Sep 2024 |
| Police informant |
Newsday |
21 Feb 2024 |
| Canary, relative of 8 down? |
The Guardian Cryptic |
18 Jan 2024 |
| Canary, relative of 8 down? (5,6) |
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| Person acting as a decoy |
USA Today |
10 Sep 2023 |
| Police informant |
Newsday |
16 Aug 2023 |
| *Informer |
LA Times Daily |
06 Sep 2022 |
| Blabbing informant |
New York Times |
09 Jun 2021 |
| Police informer |
Newsday |
16 Dec 2020 |
| Police informant |
Newsday |
08 Oct 2019 |
| Informer |
The Washington Post |
26 Jul 2018 |
| Informer |
LA Times Daily |
26 Jul 2018 |
| Informer on the mob |
USA Today |
07 Jun 2018 |
| *One who rats to the cops |
The Washington Post |
07 May 2018 |
| *One who rats to the cops |
LA Times Daily |
07 May 2018 |
| Informer on the mob |
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| *One who rats to the cops |
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| Informer |
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| Whodunit informer |
Newsday |
22 Jan 2017 |
| Snitch in a police station |
Universal |
05 Jan 2017 |
| Snitch in a police station |
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| Snitch |
Wall Street Journal |
23 May 2016 |
| Police informant |
Universal |
01 Oct 2015 |
| E.g. topsoil spread over grass |
The Times Cryptic |
23 Jul 2015 |
| F |
New York Times |
02 Jul 2015 |
| Police informer |
Universal |
06 Feb 2015 |
| Police informer |
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| Police informant |
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| F |
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| Police snitch |
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| Informant |
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| Informant, informally |
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| Snitch |
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| Mob's bane |
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| Police informant |
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| Police informer |
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| Snitch |
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| Police informant |
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| Rat |
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| Talker looking for a deal, often |
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| Snitch |
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| Police informant |
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| Rat |
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| Packed item that might fly away? |
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| Informer |
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| Informer, informally |
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| Informer |
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| Tattler |
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| Snitcher |
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| S&P stock for finks? |
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| Detective's tipster |
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| Informer |
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| Decoy |
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| Mob's bane |
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| Informer |
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| Mob's bane |
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| Informer |
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| Police snitch |
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| Bird in a bar? |
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| Sucker at the bar? |
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| Police informer |
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| Rat |
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| Police informant |
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| Dupe at the bar? |
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| Birdman of Alcatraz |
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| Nark. |
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| Squealer. |
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| Decoy. |
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| Unpopular bird |
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