The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SETUP , but the solution may also be RUSE which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in Universal uClick).
Deceptive scheme crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SETUP | 55 % | 5 |
| SCAM | 27 % | 4 |
| RUSE | 18 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Deceptive scheme
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- con
- scam
- swindle
- fraud
- shirk
- yankee
- dropper
- take for
- welsh
- defraud
- sharper
- stiff
Crossword Answer definitions
SETUP noun- Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.
- The fashion in which something is organized or arranged.
- A situation orchestrated to frame someone; a covert effort to place the blame on somebody.
- An installer.
- (operations) The process of arranging resources for performing a specific operation, as a run of a particular product.
- The tendency of persistent wind to produce higher water levels at the downwind shore of a body of water and lower at the upwind shore.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result SETUP
- Get ready to play
- Get ready to work
- Rigged fight
- Arrangement
- Sine __ non
- Frame
- Framed, in a way
- Organize
- Prepared
- Program that installs new software
More clues leading to the result SCAM
- Sting
- Get-rich-quick offering, often
- Hoodwink
- Shell game, e.g.
- Con game
- Con man's trick
- Deceptive act
- Pyramid scheme?
- Three-card monte, for one
- Flimflam