A trick or deception — or utter nonsense Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue A trick or deception — or utter nonsense last seen in Times Specialist Sunday puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 9 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is FLIM-FLAM.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% FLIM-FLAM A trick or deception — or utter nonsense (9) The Times Specialist Sunday Feb 20, 2022
7% ROT Utter nonsense (3) New York Times Jul 24, 2025
5% FEINT Deceptive move (5) Wall Street Journal Oct 18, 2025
5% FALSECUT Deck deception (8) New York Times Oct 11, 2025
5% MASK Deception metaphor (4) Newsday Oct 11, 2025
5% SAY Utter (3) Eugene Sheffer Oct 9, 2025
5% BILGE Nautical nonsense (5) Newsday Oct 9, 2025
5% TWADDLE Nonsense (7) (7) Mirror Classic Oct 3, 2025
5% PIFFLE "Nonsense!" (6) Eugene Sheffer Sep 29, 2025
5% PSHAW "Nonsense!" (5) USA Today Sep 29, 2025

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