Takes for a ride
The crossword clue "Takes for a ride" is answered by CONS, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2013. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CONS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CONS answer page.
Used 9 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2013. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- DEFRAUDS (1 uses in xd)
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
- 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
- Arguments against - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- 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.
- For fear that - LEST, used 503 times
- Change for a five - ONES, used 272 times
- "What's ___ for me?" - INIT, used 264 times
- Shrek, for one - OGRE, used 244 times
- Takes advantage of - USES, used 193 times
- Ready for business - OPEN, used 184 times
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