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Planned Distraction Crossword Clue

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noun

• any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue

• a dried and smoked herring having a reddish color

• a first draft of a prospectus; must be clearly marked to indicate that parts may be changed in the final prospectus

24%14Distraction
noun

• preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else

24%7 A diversion or distraction in which words are used to conceal the true meaning
noun

• a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades

• making a false outward show

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New York Times29 Jan 1981 Down 31
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