The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word CROOKS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1972.
Con men and shills crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CROOKS | 100 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Con men and shills
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- shill
- mark
- angle
- badger
- bunco
- bunko
- cheat
- cheater
- chiseler
- chump
- come
Crossword Answer definitions
CROOKS noun- A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
- A bending of the knee; a genuflection.
- A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything).
- A lock or curl of hair.
- A gibbet.
- A support beam consisting of a post with a cross-beam resting upon it; a bracket or truss consisting of a vertical piece, a horizontal piece, and a strut.
- A shepherd's crook; a staff with a semi-circular bend ("hook") at one end used by shepherds.
- A bishop's staff of office.
- An artifice; a trick; a contrivance.
- A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal.
- A pothook.
- A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.
- To bend, or form into a hook.
- To become bent or hooked.
- To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.
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