Deceit
Crossword Clue and Answers
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We most recently saw this clue in Evening Standard Quick Crossword.
We deem Deceit to be a VERY COMMON crossword clue as we've seen it more than 21 times in a variety of crossword publications.
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Publications
- Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Tuesday, 7 Sep 2021
- Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Tuesday, 11 May 2021
- Irish Independent - Simple - Thursday, 29 Apr 2021
- Irish Independent - Simple - Thursday, 31 Dec 2020
- Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Thursday, 17 Sep 2020
- Irish Independent - Simple - Wednesday, 20 May 2020
Crossword Answers
4 letters
RUSE
A deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
5 letters
GUILE
The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
FRAUD
Intentional deception resulting in injury to another person
LYING
The deliberate act of deviating from the truth
TRICK
(card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played by all the players; the high card is the winner
6 letters
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)
CHEATING
A deception for profit to yourself
9 letters
DUPLICITY
Acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another
DECEPTION
An illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
TREACHERY
An act of deliberate betrayal
CHICANERY
The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
FALSENESS
The quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical
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"
DISHONESTY
The quality of being dishonest
11 letters
DISSEMBLING
The act of deceiving
FRAUDULENCE
The quality of being fraudulent
EVASIVENESS
Intentionally vague or ambiguous
13 letters
DOUBLEDEALING
DISSIMULATION
The act of deceiving
17 letters
MISREPRESENTATION
A willful perversion of facts