False Encouragement Given On Debts Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 14, 2023

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	adjective satellite • ostensibly valid, but not actually valid • plausible but false • born out of wedlock • false or fake; not what it appears to be
	30%	8		False standards over debts
	adjective satellite • plausible but false • based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
	27%	8		Make mischief, given encouragement in plant
	noun • any of numerous cultivated plants of the genus Delphinium

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The Guardian Cryptic05 Jan 2015	Down 17
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