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noun • a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung • a mental pain or distress • a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin • a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property • operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act verb • cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort • deliver a sting to • saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous • cause a stinging pain • cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging | ||||||||
| 28% | 4 | Confidence trick | ||||||
noun • a fraudulent business scheme verb • deprive of by deceit | ||||||||
| 28% | 9 | No kind of confidence trick is unnaturally odd | ||||||
adjective • not having a common center; not concentric noun • a person with an unusual or odd personality • a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) adjective satellite • conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual | ||||||||
Smart Confidence Trick Crossword Clue
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STING which was last seen in the Telegraph Cryptic crossword.
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STING
Updated: June 2, 2024
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