Up to trickery, finally involving the writer? That's inopportune (8) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% UNTIMELY Up to trickery, finally involving the writer? That's inopportune (8) (8) The Guardian Cryptic Jul 24, 2025
69% ART Trickery (3) Thomas Joseph Mar 14, 2026
63% CHICANERY Trickery (9) (9) The Guardian Quick Mar 5, 2026
60% RUSE Bit of trickery (4) The Atlantic Feb 22, 2026
54% AUTHOR Writer (6) The Telegraph Quick Mar 31, 2026
54% END Final (3) Thomas Joseph Mar 19, 2026
54% SLIGHT Ignore trickery in speech (6) (6) The Guardian Quiptic Mar 15, 2026
54% EXPENSE Old writers finally take charge (7) The Telegraph Cryptic Feb 17, 2026
51% ESTEEM Value committee finally meets up (6) (6) The Guardian Cryptic Mar 23, 2026
51% HAZARDOUS Involving danger (9) The Times Concise Mar 17, 2026

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