Deception
Crossword Clue and Answers

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This clue in was most recently seen in the wild in Irish Independent - Simple.

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Publications

  • Irish Independent - Simple - Wednesday, 18 Aug 2021
  • The New York Times Crossword - Sunday, 28 Mar 2021
  • Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Thursday, 14 Jan 2021
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Saturday, 18 Jul 2020
  • The Guardian Speedy - Sunday, 11 Sep 2016

Crossword Answers

3 letters

LIE
A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth

4 letters

SCAM
A fraudulent business scheme

HOAX
Something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

RUSE
A deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

FLAM

SHAM
Something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be

5 letters

FRAUD
Intentional deception resulting in injury to another person

BLUFF
The act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards

MAGIC
An illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers

TRICK
(card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played by all the players; the high card is the winner

GUILE
The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

6 letters

DECEIT
The act of deceiving

FAKERY
The act of faking (or the product of faking)

8 letters

TRICKERY
The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

ILLUSION
An illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers

DELUSION
The act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas

BETRAYAL
An act of deliberate betrayal

9 letters

DUPLICITY
Acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another

10 letters

SUBTERFUGE
Something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity; "he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge"; "the holding company was just a blind"

REDHERRING
Any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue

MAGICTRICK
An illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers

DISHONESTY
The quality of being dishonest

11 letters

THAUMATURGY
An illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers

LEGERDEMAIN
An illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers

CONJURATION
An illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers

SKULDUGGERY Howard
Verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way

FRAUDULENCE
The quality of being fraudulent

DISSEMBLING
The act of deceiving

13 letters

DISSIMULATION
The act of deceiving

JIGGERYPOKERY

DECEITFULNESS Chris Roberson
The quality of being crafty

14 letters

CONJURINGTRICK
An illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers

15 letters

UNDERHANDEDNESS

17 letters

MISREPRESENTATION
A willful perversion of facts

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