Clues for the word "CON"
We've had 332 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 1000 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily American crossword on October 05, 2026.
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
- Voting against
- With, in Spanish
- Café ___ leche
- Pro's partner
- Law enforcer in Leicester
Last Seen In
- Daily American - October 05, 2026
- Daily American - September 19, 2026
- Daily American - August 28, 2026
- New York Times - August 24, 2026
- Daily Quick - August 15, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - August 14, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - August 11, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 04, 2026
- Daily American - June 25, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 22, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - June 02, 2026
- LA Times - May 07, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - May 03, 2026
- Mirror Daily - April 17, 2026
- Mirror Daily - April 10, 2026
- Daily American - April 04, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 25, 2026
- Daily American - March 08, 2026
- New York Times - March 05, 2026
- LA Times - March 01, 2026
- LA Times - February 12, 2026
- Mirror Daily - November 23, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 09, 2025
- LA Times - November 05, 2025
- LA Times - November 03, 2025
- New York Times - October 17, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 15, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - October 05, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 16, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 04, 2025
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