Shady business Crossword Clue

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Shady business Crossword Answer

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SCAM

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

BUSINESS (noun)
1. a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
2. incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect
SHADY (adjective)
1. not as expected
2. filled with shade

Hint 2: Other Answers Used in the Past

SCAM
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More Universal Crossword (1/17/2026) Answers

Across

1. Traveler's guess

4. Grinning from ear to ear

13. "Hahaha!"

14. Dessert often served with one scoop of ice cream

15. Rowdy crowd

16. Dessert often served with three scoops of ice cream

17. What's owed after graduation

19. '__ Miz'

20. Strike down biblically

21. "Chandelier" singer

23. Small snacks

24. "Every Little Thing ___ Does Is Magic"

27. Totally loses it

31. Polynesian garlands

32. "No ifs, ands or buts!"

34. Select

35. Abhors

36. "The Marvels" director DaCosta

37. Ideal middle ground

39. Small amount of change

40. Wiped out

41. Nine-digit ID

42. Components

43. Egyptian viper

45. Puts in order

46. Recede

49. Fulfilled personal obligations

54. Eats fewer sweets, say

56. Get off the stage!

57. Dark, melancholic genre

58. Mess up

59. "Don't move a muscle"

60. "Get it now?"

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Down

1. National Mall trees

2. Candy with a "How many licks does it take ..." ad

3. "Taylor Swift," for Taylor Swift's debut release

4. ___ No Sunshine (Bill Withers song)

5. Biggest role in a play

6. Highway division

7. Hunks of marble

8. Some large dogs

9. Little troublemaker

10. Lounge around

11. "Nurse Jackie" actress Falco

12. Stand-up performances

14. Window section

16. Wagers

18. Runs out of battery power

22. Boxer Laila

23. Digital journals

24. Phonies

25. Abhors

26. Filmmaker Coen

28. Inflatable river rides

30. Bed frame strips

32. 2000 pounds

33. One of 100 in D.C.

35. "Sounds like a plan to me!"

38. Genetic molecule

39. One of 52 in a deck

42. Put up online

44. Small seasoning amount

45. Search for

46. Scotch ___ (sausage-wrapped snacks)

47. Shoe for wet weather

48. Testing phase

50. Truth alternative, in a party game

51. Stench

52. Heck yeah!

53. Days of old

55. Socially reserved

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