Humorous or malicious deception (4) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Humorous or malicious deception (4) . 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 4 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is HOAX.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% HOAX Humorous or malicious deception (4) (4)
7% MASK Deception metaphor (4) Newsday Oct 11, 2025
7% FALSECUT Deck deception (8) New York Times Oct 11, 2025
7% EVILEYE Malicious look (7) Thomas Joseph Sep 29, 2025
7% JOCOSE Humorous (6) The Times Sunday Concise Sep 7, 2025
7% SPITE Maliciousness (5) (5) Mirror Classic Aug 31, 2025
7% FUNNY Humorous (5) The Times Concise Aug 23, 2025
7% EVIL Malicious (4) Universal Aug 20, 2025
7% LEGPULL Humorous deception (7) The Telegraph Quick May 16, 2022
6% PAREE European capital, humorously (5) Newsday Oct 9, 2025
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