Deceive
The crossword clue "Deceive" is answered by FOOL, a 4-letter entry. Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
FOOL
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FOOL answer page.
Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for FOOL
Every other clue in this collection answered by FOOL, most used first.
- Hoodwink - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- April honoree - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Put one over on - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- April 1 victim - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Simpleton - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Dupe - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Ninny - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Pull a fast one on - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Trick - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Jester - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Bamboozle - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Chucklehead - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Put something over on - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Court jester - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Play a trick on - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Take in - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
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