The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word CONS , but the solution may also be FINAGLING which is one of the most recent solution (2007 in New York Times).
Flimflammery crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
---|---|---|
CONS | 33 % | 4 |
FAKERY | 33 % | 6 |
FINAGLING | 33 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Flimflammery
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- flim-flam
- flim
- sciamachy
- framis
- pantomimery
- filmcraft
- lampoonery
- poperetta
- glitz and glamour
- slapstickery
- theatricals
- cabotinage
Crossword Answer definitions
CONS noun- A disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros).
- (abbreviation) conservative
- A convicted criminal, a convict.
- A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal, gain.
- An organized gathering such as a convention, conference or congress.
- The conversion of part of a building.
- A data structure in LISP that is a pair of pointers, car and cdr, used mainly for lists.
- To obtain a list from a cons or a nesting of conses; to prepend an element to a list by forming a cons of that element and the list; to obtain a list from a smaller one by repeated application of such kind of prepending.
- To study or examine carefully, especially in order to gain knowledge of; to learn, or learn by heart.
- To know, understand, acknowledge.
- To trick or defraud, usually for personal gain.
- To direct a ship; to superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer (especially through a channel, etc, rather than steer a compass direction).
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 CONS
- Bamboozles
- Time servers
- Negatives
- Yardbirds
- Swindles
- Puts one over on
- Takes for a ride
- Pen pals?
- Pen men
- Potential problems
More clues leading to the result FAKERY
- Flimflam
- Trickster's forte
- Quackery: Coloq.
- Artful art.
- Deception
- Flimflammery
- Deceitful doings
- Smoke and mirrors
- Deceit
- Deceptive doings