Deception Crossword Clue

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Deception Crossword Answer

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HOAX

(4 letters)

SHAM

(4 letters)

FAKERY

(6 letters)

GUILE

(5 letters)

SNOWJOB

(7 letters)

FLAM

(4 letters)

SCAM

(4 letters)

PUTUPJOB

(8 letters)

PUTON

(5 letters)

FRAUD

(5 letters)

Helpful Hints

(verb)
1. assume a reclining position
2. originate (in)
(noun)
1. a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
2. Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968)

Hint 2: Clue Definition

DECEPTION (noun)
1. a misleading falsehood
2. an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

HOAX
(4 letters)
SHAM
(4 letters)
FAKERY
(6 letters)
GUILE
(5 letters)
SNOWJOB
(7 letters)
FLAM
(4 letters)
SCAM
(4 letters)
PUTUPJOB
(8 letters)
PUTON
(5 letters)
FRAUD
(5 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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

More Daily Pop Crossword (7/5/2026) Answers

Across

1. Girl of the fam, for short

4. "The Lightning ___" (first book in Rick Riordan's "Percy Jackson" series)

9. Classic diner sandwich, for short

12. List-shortening abbreviation

13. For this reason

14. Little hopper in A.A. Milne stories

15. First book in a series of novels by John Sandford featuring 46-Across (4 wds.)

18. Jai ___ (court game)

19. In addition

20. Peace of mind

21. "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" country rockers the ___ Gritty Dirt Band

23. "Star Wars" heavy breather, familiarly

24. Cul-de-___ (dead-end street)

25. Pain relief brand

29. 2018 novel by John Sandford featuring 46-Across (2 wds.)

32. Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie who wrote the memoirs "Night," "Dawn," and "Day"

33. Grand Canyon viewing spot

36. Do over, as shoelaces

39. Photoshop software company

41. The Bard of ___ (Shakespeare)

42. Minor league baseball classification

45. Farm mothers

46. Criminal investigator featured in 12 John Sandford novels who began as a supporting character in Sandford's "Prey" series of novels (2 wds.)

49. Rideshare update, for short

50. Watchband

52. Informal "Never mind"

53. Bullwinkle, for one

54. Down in the dumps

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Down

1. Roomy four-door cars

2. Rome's country, to Romans

3. Start from ___ (go back to square one)

4. Nevertheless, informally

5. Test the weight of

6. "Long Day's Journey ___ Night" (Eugene O'Neill play)

7. ___ & the Bunnymen ("Ocean Rain" new wave band)

8. Service charge

9. "___ City" (comedy series starring Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer)

10. Like baggy pants

11. Skin care product

16. Do-it-yourselfers purchase

17. "This ___ war!"

22. Connecticut Ivy Leaguer

23. Actress Davis who wrote the children's book "Corduroy Takes a Bow"

26. Emmy-winning TV scientist Bill

27. Dept. of Justice bigwigs (Abbr.)

28. "Weekend Update" comedian Michael

30. Because of, with "to"

31. Bricklayer's tools

34. Spain and Portugal's peninsula

35. ___ around (wasted time)

36. Title bird in a Poe poem that begins "Once upon a midnight dreary"

37. “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina” musical

38. Synagogue reading

40. "Do the ___" (soft-drink slogan)

42. Silicon Valley’s Palo ___

43. Rounded hairdo

44. Woeful word

47. Distinctive doctrine

48. Unlatch, poetically

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