One in the clink
The crossword clue "One in the clink" is answered by CON, a 3-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
CON
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CON answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for CON
Every other clue in this collection answered by CON, most used first.
- Swindle - used 219 times, most recently in 2026
- Take in - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
- Pro's opposite - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
- Hoodwink - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- Bamboozle - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
- Chili ___ carne - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Jailbird - used 45 times, most recently in 2024
- Debate side - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Against - used 33 times, most recently in 2020
- Scam - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Anti - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Flimflam - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Take for a ride - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
- Downside - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Inmate - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
- Pull a fast one on - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Hornswoggle - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Negative aspect - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Trick - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Dupe - used 14 times, most recently in 2019
- Fleece - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Cheat - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- Felon - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Not pro - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Opposite of pro - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Pro and __ - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Reason not to - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Study. - used 10 times, most recently in 1978
- Arroz ___ pollo - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Kind of artist - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
- Kind of game - used 9 times, most recently in 2006
- Deceive - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Fool - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Non-pro? - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- One side of an issue - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Opposed - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Argument side - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- One side of a debate - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Pen denizen - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Yardbird - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Drawback - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Pro's counterpart - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Put one over on - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Shell game - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- In the past - AGO, used 1,064 times
- In the style of - ALA, used 784 times
- Under the weather - ILL, used 536 times
- "___ the season ..." - TIS, used 398 times
- To the ___ degree - NTH, used 389 times
- In the manner of - ALA, used 367 times
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