___ scheme (swindle type) Crossword Clue

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___ scheme (swindle type) Crossword Answer

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SWINDLE (noun)
1. the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
SWINDLE (verb)
1. deprive of by deceit
TYPE (noun)
1. a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
2. all of the tokens of the same symbol
TYPE (verb)
1. identify as belonging to a certain type
2. write by means of a keyboard with types

More Missing Letter Crossword (5/23/2026) Answers

Across

1. NOUN: "individual destiny; the will of the gods"

6. Cabernet sauvignon, par exemple

9. PHRASE: "used to express agreement"

10. Cartoon bear whose name is Spanish for "bear"

11. ADJECTIVE: "of or relating to the...vertebrate olfactory organ"

12. ___-de-sac

13. "Kingdom of the Planet of the ___" (2024 action movie)

14. Stunned state

15. NOUN: "a jazz variation of the two-step in which couples swing, balance, and twirl in standardized patterns and often with vigorous acrobatics"

17. Suffix with elastic or author

18. NOUN: "fighting instinct"

24. A thousand bucks

25. NOUN: "a usually somewhat rounded projection or division of a bodily organ or part"

26. Diarist you can read backwards?

27. GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "port in northwestern Italy; capital of Liguria at the foot of the Apennines"

28. COMBINING FORM: "animal"

29. Make your house a different color, maybe

30. Personal connections

31. Plural suffix with inherit or convey

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Down

1. Nicki from Trinidad

2. NOUN: "an African ungulate mammal...that is closely related to the giraffe"

3. Smaller of two maps on a page, often

4. NOUN: "the act of [cooking] by exposing to dry heat (as in an oven or before a fire)"

5. NOUN: "a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood)"

6. NOUN: "a...collection of...words and phrases usually alphabetically arranged and explained or defined"

7. Trooper and Rodeo maker

8. Have ___ to stand on (make spurious arguments)

14. VERB: "to [wash] (clothing, curtains, etc.) by using special chemicals instead of water"

16. NOUN: "the 7th letter of the Greek alphabet"

19. NOUN: "an organization on a college or university campus providing recreational, social, cultural, and sometimes dining facilities"

20. Quarterback Smith et al.

21. Kind of bond or column

22. NOUN: "a small steak from the thin end of the short loin"

23. BIOGRAPHICAL NAME: "William Butler 1865–1939 Irish poet and dramatist"

27. 4.00 for a valedictorian, maybe

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