Use a crib sheet

The answer

CHEAT

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CHEAT answer page.

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for CHEAT

Every other clue in this collection answered by CHEAT, most used first.

• Swindle - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Break the rules - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Use crib notes - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• Swindler - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Defraud - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Flout the rules - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Hornswoggle - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Bamboozle - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Don't play fair - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Flimflam - used 6 times, most recently in 2009

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Be of use - AVAIL, used 176 times
• Use a divining rod - DOWSE, used 105 times
• Be of use to - AVAIL, used 79 times
• Balance sheet item - ASSET, used 61 times
• Balance sheet plus - ASSET, used 56 times
• Use - AVAIL, used 55 times

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