Arguments against

The answer

CONS

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CONS answer page.

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for CONS

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

• Swindles - used 70 times, most recently in 2025
• Bamboozles - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Pros and ___ - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Downsides - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Scams - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Hoodwinks - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Takes in - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Studies. - used 10 times, most recently in 2001
• Takes for a ride - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Joint tenants? - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Tricks - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Hustles - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Inmates - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Pros' opposites - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Drawbacks - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

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.

• Against - ANTI, used 365 times
• Prefix meaning "against" - ANTI, used 121 times
• Claim against property - LIEN, used 46 times
• Votes against - NAYS, used 39 times
• Voting against - ANTI, used 39 times
• Be up against - ABUT, used 27 times

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