Trick Crossword Clue

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Trick Crossword Answer

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CON

(3 letters)

LEADON

(6 letters)

GET

(3 letters)

DUPE

(4 letters)

RUSE

(4 letters)

ARTIFICE

(8 letters)

FASTONE

(7 letters)

PLOY

(4 letters)

OPTICALILLUSION

(15 letters)

DELUDE

(6 letters)

DOUBLECROSS

(11 letters)

SCAM

(4 letters)

WILDROSES

(9 letters)

Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

Hint 2: Clue Definition

TRICK (noun)
1. an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
2. a cunning or deceitful action or device
TRICK (verb)
1. deceive somebody

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

CON
(3 letters)
LEADON
(6 letters)
GET
(3 letters)
DUPE
(4 letters)
Ruse
(4 letters)
ARTIFICE
(8 letters)
FASTONE
(7 letters)
PLOY
(4 letters)
OPTICALILLUSION
(15 letters)
DELUDE
(6 letters)
DOUBLECROSS
(11 letters)
SCAM
(4 letters)
WILDROSES
(9 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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

More Thomas Joseph Crossword (11/18/2025) Answers

Across

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18. Search

20. Disgusted

23. Easy basket

27. Verdi piece

28. Fancy party

29. Fails miserably

31. “Singin’ in the Rain” star

32. Clear sky

34. Farm grazer

37. Have lunch

38. Reproachful sound

41. Autumn sight in the sky

44. In the lead

45. Roofed patio

46. Fourth-down plays

47. Wield, as power

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Down

1. Door part

2. Great Lakes port

3. Flank

4. Decimal base

5. Goof

6. Shocked

7. Mob pariah

9. Blue, in Bogotá

10. Longings

14. "My word!"

18. Tremble

19. Detroit player

20. Dietary concern

21. Stretch of years

22. Cacophony

24. Chum

25. Poorly

26. Opposing vote

30. Spirited horses

31. Kitchen whistler

33. Holds

34. Fellow

35. Pearl Harbor setting

36. Small songbird

38. Muscle quality

39. Take wing

40. Make socks

42. Brewery sight

43. Artist Ernst

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