Crooked merchant confused backer with mere talk Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% BLACKMARKETEER Crooked merchant confused backer with mere talk (14) The Telegraph Cryptic Apr 16, 2017
3% PROPONENT Backer (9) Puzzler Backwords Aug 20, 2025
2% ONLY Merely (4) Newsday Sep 9, 2025
2% NAB Capture, as a crook (3) Wall Street Journal Sep 9, 2025
2% ANGEL A new setter's financial backer (5) The Telegraph Toughie Sep 9, 2025
2% ATSEA Confused (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Sep 7, 2025
2% IDONTGETIT "This confuses me" (10) USA Today Sep 6, 2025
2% YAP Talk and talk (3) LA Times Daily Sep 5, 2025
2% ADDLES Confuses (6) Eugene Sheffer Sep 1, 2025
2% GARTH Football pundit Crooks (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Aug 30, 2025

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