Red herring Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue RED herring last seen in Newsday 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 11 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is DISTRACTION.

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7 Potential Answers:

AnswerLengthSourceDate
DISTRACTION RED herring (11) Newsday Feb 8, 2022
DECOY Red herring (5) The Telegraph Quick Dec 20, 2020
RUSE Red herring (4) Newsday Apr 19, 2018
FALSELEAD *Red herring (9) Wall Street Journal Sep 26, 2017
PLOY Red herring (4)
SMOKESCREEN Red herring (11)
SHAD Red herring? (4)

33 Similar Clues:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
35% PLOYS Red herrings (5)
35% RUSES Red herrings (5)
31% PLOTDEVICE Red herring, for one (10) New York Times Jul 29, 2022
31% FISHY Like a red herring (5) Universal Aug 21, 2021
31% MISLEADINGROLE Red herring's job? (14) Wall Street Journal Jun 30, 2018
31% DECOYS Red herrings, perhaps (6) LA Times Daily Nov 25, 2017
31% MISLED Baited with a red herring (6) LA Times Daily May 20, 2017
31% BADLEAD Red herring, to a cop (7) LA Times Daily Apr 15, 2016
31% ALIAS Perp's red herring (5)
31% CLUE Red herring, maybe (4)

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