Deception by defender is a dicey game Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% BACKGAMMON Deception by defender is a dicey game (10)
5% FRAUD Deception, swindle (5) Puzzler Backwords Oct 23, 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% LUDO It's a dicey game (4)
4% GETSOPEN Breaks away from defenders (8) Universal Nov 7, 2025
4% TIBETAN Element defending Greek character's language (7) The Telegraph Cryptic Oct 31, 2025
4% LINCOLN Call in Col. North to defend the President (7) The Telegraph Cryptic Oct 29, 2025
4% CHAMPIONS Defends Reform MP in chaos (9) The Telegraph Cryptic Oct 28, 2025
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