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Prevarication Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is LIE which was last seen in the Telegraph Quick crossword.
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97%3Exact Match!
noun

• a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth

• Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968)

• position or manner in which something is situated

verb

• be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position

• be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position

• originate (in)

• be and remain in a particular state or condition

• tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive

• have a place in relation to something else

• assume a reclining position

96%7Exact Match!
noun

• a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth

• the deliberate act of failing to pay money

• nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do

• the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver

95%5Exact Match!
noun

• the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

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Source #Number Answer
Telegraph Quick25 Mar 2023 Across 12
Telegraph Quick25 Jan 2023 Down 16
New York Times04 Feb 2015 Across 36
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