Cat's-paw
The crossword clue "Cat's-paw" is answered by DUPE, a 4-letter entry. Used 13 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1951. 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
DUPE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DUPE answer page.
Used 13 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1951. 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
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Other clues for DUPE
Every other clue in this collection answered by DUPE, most used first.
- Hoodwink - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- Bamboozle - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Fool - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Deceive - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Trick - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Pull a fast one on - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Take in - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Hornswoggle - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
- Gull - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
- Sucker - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
- Con - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
- Patsy - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
- Swindle - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Make a fool of - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Easy mark - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Gullible one - used 7 times, most recently in 2004
- Play for a fool - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Scam victim - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Play a trick on - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Put one over on - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Take for a ride - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- Cat's-paw - TOOL, used 41 times
- Cat's cry - MEOW, used 33 times
- Cat's weapon - CLAW, used 29 times
- Contented cat's sound - PURR, used 29 times
- Cat's comment - MEOW, used 19 times
- Manx cat's lack - TAIL, used 19 times
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