The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word CONS , but the solution may also be SCAMS which is one of the most recent solution (2014 in LA Times).
Takes for a ride crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CONS | 57 % | 4 |
| SCAMS | 14 % | 5 |
| BILKS | 14 % | 5 |
| FOOLS | 7 % | 5 |
| OFFS | 7 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Takes for a ride
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- abduct
- kidnap
- come
- flight
- jitney
- move
- orbit
- party
- stage
- take
- turn
- walk
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 SCAMS
- Flimflams
- Ponzi schemes
- Rackets
- Confidence games
- Con games
- Pro con activities?
- Fleeces
- Fleecing activities
- Con jobs
- Bogus offers
More clues leading to the result BILKS
- Sells a bill of goods to
- Swindles
- Defrauds
- Takes for a ride
- Takes to the cleaners, so to speak
- Takes for a ride, so to speak
- Cheats
- Takes to the cleaners
- Chisels
- Defrauds.
More clues leading to the result FOOLS
- Jesters
- They rush in
- Takes in
- Bozos
- We mortals
- Ninnies
- No rocket scientists, they
- April honorees?
- April 1 prank victims
- They rush in where angels fear to tread