Given financial penalty after swindle and imprisoned (8) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% CONFINED Given financial penalty after swindle and imprisoned (8) (8) The Guardian Cryptic Oct 7, 2025
7% FINE Financial penalty (4) The Sun Two Speed Jul 4, 2025
5% STITCHUP Swindle, defraud (8) The Times Concise Oct 28, 2025
5% FRAUD Deception, swindle (5) Puzzler Backwords Oct 23, 2025
5% DIDIN Swindled (5) LA Times Mini Oct 22, 2025
5% CON Swindle (3) The Telegraph Quick Oct 21, 2025
5% CARD Indicator of a penalty, in soccer (4) New York Times Oct 14, 2025
5% INVESTOR Financier (8) The Telegraph Quick Oct 13, 2025
5% FORFEIT Embarrassing penalty in a game (7) Puzzler Backwords Oct 7, 2025
5% SCOTFREE Without penalty (8) Thomas Joseph Oct 6, 2025

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