Deceive Crossword Clue

We have the 5-letter answer for Deceive crossword clue, last seen in the Apple+ Crossword September 5, 2026 puzzle. This answer will help you finish the puzzle you’re working on.

Deceive Crossword Answer

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DUPE

(4 letters)

FOOL

(4 letters)

COZEN

(5 letters)

DELUDE

(6 letters)

TRICK

(5 letters)

HOCUS

(5 letters)

CON

(3 letters)

TAKEIN

(6 letters)

MISLEAD

(7 letters)

GULL

(4 letters)

LEADON

(6 letters)

SNOW

(4 letters)

Helpful Hints

Hint 1: Clue Definition

DECEIVE (verb)
1. be false to; be dishonest with
2. cause someone to believe an untruth

Hint 2: Other Answers Used in the Past

DUPE
(4 letters)
FOOL
(4 letters)
COZEN
(5 letters)
DELUDE
(6 letters)
TRICK
(5 letters)
HOCUS
(5 letters)
CON
(3 letters)
TAKEIN
(6 letters)
MISLEAD
(7 letters)
GULL
(4 letters)
LEADON
(6 letters)
SNOW
(4 letters)

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
TELOI

More Apple+ Crossword (9/5/2026) Answers

Across

1. Below peak efficiency

9. Georgia city home to the Tubman Museum

14. Condiment made with beans and koji spores

15. Lights up

16. "Well, that came out of nowhere"

17. Peninsula jutting into the Black Sea

18. Equal

19. Not regularly

21. Face-to-face for short

23. Disability rights activist Keller

24. Workout that takes people to a new level?

27. Set point?

30. Groups that rarely have sopranos

32. "Got it"

33. Boards and finals

34. ___ insurance

35. Bad news for a day trader

36. Global sports brand headquartered in Oregon

37. Footwear for paddleboarding

40. Indigenous Coloradan

41. Some Latinos in the Bronx

42. Shape at the end of some rainbows

44. Groaner

45. Steak-frites purveyors

48. Race ___ (runner’s ID)

51. Some short cuts

52. “Just us?”

54. Brazilian actress Braga

55. Monument created by Kwakwaka’wakw communities

56. Follow, like a tip

57. Offered some chips

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Down

1. First name of Hoorae Media's founder

2. Secure at a harbor

3. Part of some Sikh funerals

4. Take ___ given

5. ___ Fieggen, namesake of the “world’s fastest shoelace knot”

6. Loot star Maya

7. Business class, for short

8. Show off, like a new product

9. Works outside?

10. Come up

11. "Stay tuned ..."

12. Treat dunked in milk

13. Tandoor bread

15. Important subject in disability rights

20. Word before “school” or “bus”

21. Words said while knocking

22. College-app letters, for short

24. Fashion pattern that imitates a kind of leather

25. Health insurance fee

28. “Da” and “ja”

29. Chaotic situation

30. The ___ (comedy-horror movie set at an exclusive restaurant)

31. 🚪🏃‍➡️

32. Representative Omar

37. Chicken —

38. Softened up, for example

39. “Just gonna squeeze right past ya”

41. Rogue creator

43. 16:9, for example

45. Voting group

46. Word before “number” or “service”

47. Smidgen

48. Mass

49. ___ of Man

50. Vegetable that can stain clothes

51. Agency with a yearly list of the most popular baby names (Abbr.)

53. Organization that regulates pesticides

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