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noun • bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow verb • avoid (one's assigned duties) • commit fraud and steal from one's employer • play the violin or fiddle • play on a violin • manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination • play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly • try to fix or mend | ||||||||
| 33% | 5 | Not play fair | ||||||
noun • weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous • weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat • someone who leads you to believe something that is not true • the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme • a deception for profit to yourself verb • deprive somebody of something by deceit • defeat someone through trickery or deceit • engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud • be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage | ||||||||
| 25% | 9 | Cheat or lie | ||||||
verb • conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end | ||||||||
Play But Cheat Crossword Clue
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FIDDLE which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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FIDDLE
Updated: October 14, 2023
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