Clues for the word "DECOY"
We've had 67 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 146 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on February 12, 2026.
Definition of decoy
- v. t. - To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap; to insnare; to allure; to entice; as, to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net.
- n. - Anything intended to lead into a snare; a lure that deceives and misleads into danger, or into the power of an enemy; a bait.
- n. - A fowl, or the likeness of one, used by sportsmen to entice other fowl into a net or within shot.
- n. - A place into which wild fowl, esp. ducks, are enticed in order to take or shoot them.
- n. - A person employed by officers of justice, or parties exposed to injury, to induce a suspected person to commit an offense under circumstances that will lead to his detection.
Referring Clues
- Shill
- Sitting duck?
- Fake drake
- Duck that's not a duck
- Undercover cop, maybe
- Spurious aircraft
- Lure
- Tricker
- Wooden duck, say
- Hunter's lure
- It's not to be believed
- It's distracting
- Entrap
- Police sting participant
- Wooden duck
- Sitting duck, maybe
- Duck blind attraction
- Plastic duck, e.g.
- Wooden duck, e.g.
- Enticement
- Fake drake, e.g.
- Blind
- Undercover cop, at times
- Duck hunter's lure
- Duck hunter's ploy
- Not-quacker?
- Fake duck
- Luring device
- Hunter's trick
- Part of a trap
- Trapping strategy
- Lure into a trap
- Deceptive military tactic
- Mislead a mallard
- Smokescreen
- Hunter's device
- Hunter's wooden duck
- Imitation duck
- Fake drake, say
- Inflatable duck, e.g.
- Look-alike, maybe
- Diversionary device
- Cork duck, e.g.
- Trap bait
- Duck lure
- Bait
- Tempt to break a code, at the end of the day
- Perhaps a fatal attraction, ducky!
- Lure of French, affectedly shy
- Editor coming up with modest enticement
- Lure of the month, to some boys
- Hunter's fake drake
- Hunter's plastic duck, e.g.
- Misleading thing
- Fake duck, e.g.
- It may fool you
- A misleading code, perhaps, to the young beginner
- Attraction for a duck
- Draw off
- Artificial bird
- May look ducky, but it's dangerous!
- Diversionary tactic
- Police lure
- Bit of deception used as a lure
- Odd duck, maybe?
- Sitting duck?
- Phony duck
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Easy - February 12, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - October 20, 2025
- LA Times - October 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 04, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 03, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - August 13, 2025
- LA Times - June 20, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 14, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - March 17, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - March 03, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 26, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - February 14, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - February 12, 2025
- LA Times - January 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - August 05, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 30, 2024
- New York Times - May 30, 2024
- Daily Quick - May 22, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - March 25, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - December 04, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - November 22, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - July 26, 2023
- LA Times - July 24, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - May 15, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - April 25, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 03, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - February 20, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - November 16, 2022
- USA Today - November 12, 2022
- Evening Standard Easy - September 27, 2022
- And in 116 more crossword puzzles...