The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word CONS , but the solution may also be HOSES which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Takes to the cleaners crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CONS | 20 % | 4 |
| BILKS | 20 % | 5 |
| HOSES | 20 % | 5 |
| FLEECES | 20 % | 7 |
| SWINDLES | 10 % | 8 |
| SOAKS | 10 % | 5 |
Why may HOSES be the right solution?
The term "takes to the cleaners" is an idiomatic expression meaning to cheat or swindle someone out of their money. The word "hoses" is a slang term that can be used to mean the same thing. Therefore, "hoses" is the right solution as it fits the clue and has the intended meaning.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Takes to the cleaners
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- janitor
- casual
- claim
- bath
- baths
- ablution
- ablutionary
- ammonia
- bourse
- cannister
- chambermaid
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 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 HOSES
- Garden equipment
- Scams, in slang
- Firehouse equipment
- Firefighter's carries?
- Hydrant attachments
- Fire fighters?
- Firemen unroll them
- They can go to blazes
- Fire engine accessories
- Waters down
More clues leading to the result FLEECES
- Swindles
- Rooks
- Defrauds
- Takes for a sucker
- Pulls a scam on
- Takes, in a way
- Wool coats
- Takes to the cleaners
- Swindles.
- Overcharges on purpose