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noun • a fraudulent business scheme verb • deprive of by deceit | ||||||||
| 26% | 9 | Trick by Eric upset, say, retired hotel employee | ||||||
noun • a French caretaker of apartments or a hotel; lives on the premises and oversees people entering and leaving and handles mail and acts as janitor or porter | ||||||||
| 25% | 5 | Trick-or-treater's trick | ||||||
noun • a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement adjective satellite • ludicrously odd verb • act as or like a clown | ||||||||
Retired Scotsmans Trick
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SCAM which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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SCAM
Updated: October 14, 2023
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