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noun • A magician, illusionist, one who practises sleight of hand. • One who cheats or deceives. • Trick; trickery. • Drugged liquor. verb • To play a trick on, to trick (someone); to hoax; to cheat. • To stupefy (someone) with drugged liquor (especially in order to steal from them). • To drug (liquor). • To adulterate (food). | ||||
| 30% | 5 | Avoid confronting flipping cheats, caught out | ||
noun • cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist • a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women • (Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar • informal terms for a (young) woman verb • avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) • pass around or about; move along the border • form the edge of • extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle | ||||
| 22% | 14 | Lizard with a tail capable of breaking off when caught | ||
noun • any of numerous very agile and alert New World lizards | ||||
Cheats Caught Breaking Up Families
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HOCUSES which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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HOCUSES
Updated: October 14, 2023
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