Clues for the word "CON"
We've had 327 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 952 times in crosswords. It was last seen in King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer crossword on April 11, 2025.
Definition of con
- adv. - Against the affirmative side; in opposition; on the negative side; -- The antithesis of pro, and usually in connection with it. See Pro.
- v. t. - To know; to understand; to acknowledge.
- v. t. - To study in order to know; to peruse; to learn; to commit to memory; to regard studiously.
- v. t. - To conduct, or superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer.
Referring Clues
- Persuade by trickery
- Debate side
- Trick
- Swindle
- Sing Sing inhabitant
- Cell sojourner
- Bamboozle
- Take in
- Jailbird
- Pro's opposite
- Opposing
- Prisoner
- Ruse
- Anti body?
- Hoodwink
- Specialty of some artists
- One in a pen
- One kept in the cooler
- Bunko game
- Time server
- One side of an issue
- Voting "nay"
- Pen filler
- Shell game
- Yardbird
- Start of a Tennessee Williams title
- Sting
- Scam
- Side opposite 30-Down
- Felonious "artist"
- One behind bars
- One in the clink
- Lifer, e.g.
- Flimflam
- Hornswoggle
- Pen denizen
- Negative aspect
- Pen resident
- Pen pal?
- Take for a ride
- Opposing argument
- Against
- Opposite of 22-Down
- Anti
- Chili ___ carne
- Fool
- Bunco artist's scheme
- Three-card monte, e.g.
- Dead against
- Opposed
- Pen filler?
- Big house resident
- Not supporting
- Antipathetic side
- Rook
- Nonpro?
- Bilk
- Cell inhabitant
- Pamplona preposition
- Nay sayer
- Cheat
- Café ___ leche
- With: Spanish
- ___ game
- Take
- Cooler denizen
- Record holder?
- Dupe
- Chili ___ carne
- Swindler's setup
- Pro and ___
- Not pro
- Negative debate side
- One opposed
- Arroz ___ pollo
- Get, so to speak
- One voting "nay"
- Artful dodge
- Argument side
- One kept in the cooler?
- Debate position and half of this puzzle's theme
- Antipathetic one
- Take for a ride, e.g.
- Four flush
- Pro partner
- Kind of artist
- Sentence finisher?
- Note header
- Game antecedent?
- Big house man or woman
- Pro challenger
- Pull a fast one on
- Trick out of money
- Put something over on
- Prison inmate
- Pull a scam on
- Pen inhabitant
- Put one over on
- See 5-Down
- To keep going
- One side of a debate
- One found in a pen
- ___ game
- Pokey man?
- Pro and ___
- Arroz ___ pollo
- One voting "nay"
- Grifter
- One doing time
- One with a record
- Cell body?
- Deceive
- Felon
- Joint tenant
- Joint tenant
- Pull a fast one
- Opposed to
- Inmate
- Pro opposer
- Oppositionist
- Opposing vote
- Character in Monopoly's "Jail" space
- Lifer, say
- Preposition in musical directions
- Reason not to do something
- Opposite of pro
- Sentence server
- Word before artist
- With 105 Down, swindler
- Argument against
- With 110-Down, scamming guys
- Pen prisoner
- Bunco game
- Allegro ___ brio
- Allegro___brio
- Pokey resident
- Bad kind of artist
- See 1-Across
- Little man in the big house?
- Grifter's game
- Game that stings
- Pro foe
- He's no pro
- Cell user
- Clink denizen
- Man with a sentence
- To cheat
- Pro's opponent
- Cooler guy
- Attica insider?
- Make a study of
- Argument against a course of action
- Jail cell resident
- Fleece
- Defraud
- Caller on a cell phone?
- Opposing position
- Penitentiary occupant, briefly
- Disadvantage
- Cellblock sojourner
- Swindler
- Person working on a sentence?
- 4-Down
- See 38 Across
- A scam and this puzzle's theme
- Drawback
- Hoosegow resident
- Frequent tempo follower on scores
- Grifter's action
- Word often following a tempo
- Voting 62-Down
- Grifter's specialty
- Sell a bridge to, say?
- Pro opposite
- "Vaya ___ Dios"
- Minus
- One in jail
- Sneaky job
- One side of the fence
- Downside
- Pro offsetter
- Deliberately misled
- "Anti" kin
- Man in a striped suit?
- One in the stir
- Swindler's scheme
- Run a scam on
- Pen user
- Cell dweller
- Cooler tenant
- See 13-Down
- ___ amore (with love)
- Event name suffix
- One in a cell
- Swindle or swindler
- Expert in pen-manship?
- Expert in pen manship?
- Cell occupant
- Hustle
- Opposing opinion
- Pro's mate
- Jailed criminal
- Jail inhabitant
- He may go stir crazy
- One in prison for fraud?
- Opposite position of pro
- It may be consolidated
- Point against
- Jailed person
- Person in prison
- Prison inhabitant
- Inmate, briefly
- Deceive in a business letter
- Get a hundred advanced by a trick
- Study
- One briefly imprisoned for a trick?
- See 16
- With deception?
- Party 22 20?
- Mislead with Italian
- Deceive, causing some confusion
- Is he in prison for the century ahead?
- Anti study
- Study Italian with
- Deceive a top officer at a certain point
- One in prison for a trick?
- Pro fighter
- Racket
- Study - trick
- Touch with tact, or otherwise
- See 13
- ,13 Read subject that causes universal cowardice?
- Performs a line dance
- Long ___
- Exercise-yard denizen
- Shell game, maybe
- Rip off
- Scam, swindle
- One imprisoned for fraud
- Sing Sing inmate
- Such a man can become a prisoner
- Scam verb-ally?
- U-turn from pro
- Deceive a man of conviction
- Negative side of a debate
- Party animal, female, has male chained up?
- It may look like a great deal
- Prison resident
- Pro's companion
- Trick played by an N.C.O.?
- Get a hundred advanced by deceit
- Man in a big house?
- Deceive, informally
- Permission to leave last of the porridge
- Phisher's scheme
- Person in jail, briefly
- Make a study of the Draconian period?
- Scammer's scheme
- -
- Anti body?
- 16-Across's counterpart
- One side of an argument
- NCO roughly flung into prison?
- One in prison for fraud?
- ___ artist (scammer)
- To swindle
- A reason not to
- Use trickery, though against it
- It's a minus, and what must be subtracted from 46-, 52- and 63-Across
- Such a man may well be in prison
- Do forgive and have done with it!
- Reason why not
- Kind of artist who might commit art fraud
- Voting “nay”
- Non-pro
- Pen man
- Flimflammer
- Conjuring trick?
- Confidence trick
- Swindle, informally
- Do study
- Mexican menu preposition
- One in a big house?
- Suffix for a fan gathering
- Kind of artist who's not very good?
- Fast one, so to speak
- Fool for money?
- Prison inmate, briefly
- Cheat a man of conviction
- Voting no
- Jail inhabitant, for short
- Partner of pro
- Mislead in a firm way
- Word before "game" or "artist"
- Sting operation
- Negative position in a debate
- With, in musical directions
- One briefly imprisoned for a trick?
- One side in a debate
- Scam runner
- Snow
- With deception?
- Imprisoned fox?
- Word added to "test" to make it a competition
- Is he in prison for the century ahead?
- Fan gathering, informally
- Pro's counterpart
- Record holder?
- A deception you can see ahead?
- Arroz ___ leche
- Chili ___ queso
- Man in the can
- Grift
- Opposite of 6-Down
- One in prison for a trick?
- Comic-___
- A man of conviction, in short
- Intentionally mislead
- The False Good Samaritan, e.g.
- Prefix with "test" or "sequence"
- Prefix with "test" or "firm"
- Big gathering of fans, casually
- No pro
- Fandom's IRL meetup
- Mark against
- Key man who introduced antiseptics for a burn (7)
- Person behind bars, for short
Last Seen In
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 11, 2025
- New York Times - April 07, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 04, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - April 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - March 31, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 30, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 14, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - March 13, 2025
- USA Today - March 12, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - March 02, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - February 18, 2025
- Family Time - February 17, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 12, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 30, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 24, 2025
- LA Times - January 22, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 13, 2025
- LA Times - January 09, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 04, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - December 30, 2024
- New York Times - December 16, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - December 11, 2024
- Mirror Daily - December 06, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - December 03, 2024
- Mirror Daily - November 29, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 28, 2024
- USA Today - November 27, 2024
- Daily Quick - November 20, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - November 18, 2024
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