The Cardiff Giant, for one
The crossword clue "The Cardiff Giant, for one" is answered by HOAX, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
HOAX
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HOAX answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for HOAX
Every other clue in this collection answered by HOAX, most used first.
- Deception - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
- Elaborate deception - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Fraud - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Elaborate ruse - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Put-on - used 14 times, most recently in 2016
- Practical joke - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- Mare's nest - used 10 times, most recently in 2009
- Major prank - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- Piltdown man, for one - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Scam - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Elaborate fraud - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Flimflam - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Hoodwink - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Piltdown Man, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
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.
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- Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
- In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
- On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
- From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
- Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
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