Con jobs, or, when broken after its first letter, a hint to the starred answers Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Con jobs, or, when broken after its first letter, a hint to the starred answers last seen in Wall Street Journal 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 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is SCAMS.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SCAMS Con jobs, or, when broken after its first letter, a hint to the starred answers (5) Wall Street Journal Aug 13, 2025
5% YOUDOYOU Encouragement of individuality ... or a hint to a letter, a word and another letter within each starred clue's answer (8) Universal Oct 13, 2025
5% SPLITSECONDS Brief moments, and a hint to the asterisked answers (12) Wall Street Journal Oct 4, 2025
5% EASE Word that sounds like its first and last letters (4) Universal Sep 20, 2025
5% DEBUT When a star is first seen (5) New York Times Sep 10, 2025
5% LOSTCITIES Places to discover, and a hint to the answers to the starred clues (10) Wall Street Journal Aug 14, 2025
5% NONE Quantity increased by removing its first letter (4) Universal Aug 14, 2025
5% REN Stimpy's pal (... the first two letters of this answer) (3) Universal Aug 13, 2025
5% ALCOHOLFREE Spiritless? ... or a hint to interpreting the starred clues' answers (11) Universal Aug 11, 2025
4% APPRAISED *Evaluated ... or, read differently, a hint to the word progressing through the starred clues' answers (9) Universal Oct 20, 2025

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